Amre Moussa was the Egyptian Ambassador to India (1983-1986), Permanent Representative of Egypt to the U.N (1990-1991), the Foreign Minister of Egypt (1991-2001) and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States (2001-2011). He ran for President of Egypt in the first democratic elections following the 25th of January Revolution. Moussa founded the Congress party of Egypt and was the convener of the meeting of the Egyptian opposition that launched the National Salvation Front on the same day the dictatorial Constitutional decree of November 2012 was issued by ex-President Morsi. Amre Moussa was one of the leaders who supported the June 30th revolution that brought in plans for reform. Moussa was elected chairman of the 50-member Constituent Committee to amend the constitution. He was awarded the Order of the Nile from Egypt, the Order of the Two Niles from the Sudanese Republic, the Supreme Order of the Renaissance from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a high order from the State of Qatar, the rank of Commander First Class of the Royal Order of the Polar Star of Sweden , in addition to orders and decorations from Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Ecuador , Venezuela and most recently the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from Japan.