(CNN) -- Egypt's interim cabinet filled its recently vacant foreign minister position Sunday with Mohamed el-Orabi, the deputy foreign minister for economic affairs.
The previous foreign minister, Nabil Elaraby, was elected in May to head the 22-member Arab League after Amre Moussa decided to be a candidate in the next presidential elections in Egypt, expected to take place in December.
Orabi served in the Egyptian Army before he joined the foreign service in 1976. He was deputy ambassador in Tel Aviv from 1994 to 1998 and has worked in Kuwait, London and Washington. He held the position of ambassador in Germany from 2001 to 2008.
Orabi is the second foreign minister to be appointed since former President Hosni Mubarak stepped down February 11 after pro-democracy protesters demanded a change in government and reforms.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and Prime Minister Esam Sharaf's caretaker cabinet have since been in charge of the country.
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