Morsi El Sayed Hegazy
Morsi El Sayed Hegazy is an Egyptian academic and economist who served as finance minister briefly from 6 January to 7 May 2013. He was the fifth finance minister of Egypt since 2011.[1]
Morsi El Sayed Hegazy | |
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Minister of Finance | |
In office 5 January 2013 – 7 May 2013 | |
President | Mohamad Morsi |
Prime Minister | Hesham Qandil |
Preceded by | Momtaz Saeed |
Succeeded by | Fayyad Abdel Moneim |
Personal details | |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Alexandria University Connecticut University |
Education
Hegazy holds a master's degree in economy, which he obtained from Alexandria University in 1976.[2] He received PhD in economics from Connecticut University in 1985.[2][3]
Career
Hegazy began his career at Alexandria University in 1986 and was a professor of economy there.[2] His speciality is public finance.[4] He is also interested in Islamic finance.[4][1]
He was appointed finance minister in a reshuffle to the cabinet of Hisham Qandil on 6 January 2013.[5] Hegazy replaced Momtaz El Saeed as finance minister.[5][6] Hegazy is not a member of any political party.[7] However, he is close to the Muslim Brotherhood group.[8][9] Hegazy's term ended on 7 May 2013 and he was replaced by Fayyad Abdel Moneim in the post.[10][11] Hegazy played a significant role in talks with the IMF to secure a $4.8bn loan when he was in office.[12]
References
- "Egypt Shakes Up Cabinet". The Wall Street Journal. Cairo. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- "The appointment of Dr. "El Morsi Hegazy," Finance minister". Alexandria University. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- "Egypt's economy deteriorates amid growing protests against Morsi". Institutional Investor. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- Enein, Ahmed Aboul (6 January 2013). "New faces likely in Cabinet" (PDF). Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- "Egypt cabinet reshuffle seeks to allay fears of economic collapse". Middle East Online. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- Borzou Daragahi; Abeer Allam (6 January 2013). "Morsi reshuffles cabinet". Financial Times. Cairo. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- Hauslohner, Abigail (6 January 2013). "Egypt's Morsi remakes cabinet, increasing Islamist presence". The Washington Post. Cairo. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- Fouly, Mahmoud (6 January 2013). "Egypt's 10-minister cabinet reshuffle meets with opposition dissatisfaction". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- "News Analysis: Egypt's 10-minister cabinet reshuffle meets with opposition dissatisfaction". JSChina. Cairo. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- "Egypt's Morsi Brings More Islamists into Cabinet". Voice of America. Reuters. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- "Nine new ministers announced in Egypt cabinet reshuffle". Ahram Online. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- Saleh, Heba (7 May 2013). "Egyptian finance minister fired as Morsi reshuffles cabinet". Financial Times. Cairo. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Momtaz El Saeed |
Finance Minister of Egypt January - May 2013 |
Succeeded by Fayyad Abdel Moneim |