| Mohamed Abdulkhalek El Sayed Hassouna | |
| Office: | 2nd Secretary-General of the Arab League |
| Term Start: | September 1952 |
| Term End: | 1 June 1972 |
| Predecessor: | Abdul Rahman Azzam |
| Successor: | Mahmoud Riad |
| Birth Date: | 28 October 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
| Death Date: | 20 January 1992 (aged 93) |
| Death Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
Mohamed Abdulkhalek El Sayed Hassouna (Arabic: محمد عبد الخالق السيد حسونة ; 28 October 1898 – 20 January 1992) was an Egyptian-Palestinian diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the Arab League
Born in Cairo in 1898,[1] Abdel-Khalek Hassouna was the grandson of Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Hassouna El-Nawawi. He obtained a degree in law in 1921.[1] Hassouna Pasha as he was later known obtained his masters and doctorate degrees in economics and political science from the University of Cambridge in 1925,[1] where he was a member of Magdalene College. He joined the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1926 and served at the Egyptian embassies in Berlin, Rome, Prague and Stockholm.[1]
Hassouna was the undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Social Affairs between 1939 and 1942.[1] He served as governor of Alexandria from 1942 to 1948,[1] during which time the University of Alexandria was completed. He served as social affairs minister between 1949 and 1952 and then minister of education and foreign affairs in 1952.[1]
He succeeded Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam at the Arab League in 1952[2] and served for the next 20 years. He was succeeded by Mahmoud Riad in 1972, and died on 20 January 1992.[3]