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The Carter Center
The Carter Center is grateful for the support
of a number of individuals and organizations
that helped make its international election
witnessing mission in Egypt possible. The Center
would like to thank the government of Egypt and the
Presidential Election Commission for inviting the
Center to witness the presidential election.
The Carter Center acknowledges the generous
funding provided by the Ministry of Good
Governance of the Netherlands, the Norwegian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency, the Swiss Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom,
which enabled the Center to witness both rounds
of the presidential election. The Carter Center is
grateful for their monetary support, without which
the Center’s operations in Egypt would not have
been possible.
The Carter Center extends special thanks
to Counselor Farouk Sultan, chairman of the
Presidential Election Commission; General Secretary
Counselor Halem Bagato; Counselor Sara Adly
Hussein; and Counselor Muhammad Ramy, along
with General Refa’at Qomsan, assistant Interior
Minister for Administrative Affairs; Ambassador Laila
Bahaa El Din, deputy assistant Foreign Minister for
Human Rights; Counselor Wael Attia; Counselor
Emad Morcos; and Counselor Amr Essam from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, and Social
Affairs Division for the invaluable assistance and
advice that they all generously provided for the duration
of the Center’s presence in Egypt.
The Carter Center expresses its gratitude to former
Yemeni Prime Minister Abdul Karim Al-Eryani,
former Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher,
and Georgia state Senator Jason Carter for their
invaluable leadership of the Carter Center’s
witnessing delegation during the second round of
Appendix A
Acknowledgments
the presidential election. Their insight during the
witnessing process was invaluable to the success of the
mission.
The Carter Center’s mission in Egypt would not
have been possible without the incredible dedication
and hard work exhibited by our long-term witnesses.
Their level of commitment was an asset to the
project in every stage of the witnessing process, and
the Center’s assessment of the Egyptian elections
was greatly enhanced by the high quality of their
reporting. The Center is also grateful for our delegation
of short-term witnesses, whose enthusiasm and
flexibility on election days allowed the Center to
gather accurate data from polling stations across most
governorates in Egypt.
The Carter Center benefited immensely from the
efforts of the enthusiastic and talented Cairo staff.
Field office operations were overseen by Field Office
Director Sanne van den Bergh as well as Deputy Field
Office Director Ebie duPont. Senior Program Manager
Zizette Darkazally and observer coordinator Owen
McDougall oversaw the coordination of the election
witnessing delegations, and Phil McInerney and
Amer Shakhatreh were in charge of security for the
mission. The Center is grateful to legal analyst Frank
McLoughlin as well as senior election administration
analyst Sean Dunne and election administrator
analyst Muammer Mrahorovic for their analysis and
advice. Election administration associate Sherif Abdel
Azim and legal assistants Salem Mostafa and Salma
Sharif provided valuable assistance and support to
the team. Caroline Kolta provided media updates and
analysis for the duration of the mission.
The Center is also grateful for the dedication of
the office staff in Cairo, including Shimaa Hellal
for coordinating logistics, finance manager Safinaz
Elashry, and Salma Haridy for managing the office,
with support from Sameh Ibrahim. Yasser Kamal
Hassan and Yasser Metwally Shaarawy organized
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