Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decision appointing an ambassador extraordinary to Qatar for the first time since 2014. Egypt had withdrew its ambassador from Qatar that year, before deciding to completely sever diplomatic relations in mid-2017. 258 of 2021, with some appointments and transfers in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, which included the appointment of Amr Kamal Eddin al-Sherbiny, who was Ambassador at the Foreign Ministry’s’ General Office, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of Qatar. The ambassador extraordinary enjoys expanded legal powers, including signing agreements in the name of the state or body he represents, unlike a regular ambassador. Relations between Egypt and Qatar became tense after the overthrow of the late President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013.
