Mostafa El Said Mussad is the former minister of higher education of Egypt. He was part of the Qandil Cabinet and is a member of the Freedom and Justice Party.[1][2] He is described as Islamist engineering professor by Ashraf Khaled.[3]
Mostafa Mussad | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Higher Education | |
| In office 2 August 2012 – 16 July 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Hisham Qandil |
| Succeeded by | Hossam Eisa |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Political party | Freedom and Justice Party |
| Alma mater | Cairo University |
Education edit
Mussad graduated from Cairo University in 1973.[3]
Career edit
Mussad is an engineering professor.[4] He worked at Cairo University's faculty of engineering and was the head of the education committee for the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party.[5] He was a member of the team in charge of Morsi's presidential campaign.[6] And he developed the educational policy for his campaign.[5][7][8]
He was appointed minister of higher education as part of the Qandil cabinet on 2 August 2013, and was one of the Freedom and Justice Party members serving in the cabinet.[8][9] It was his first cabinet post.[3] Mussad's term ended on 16 July 2013.[10] Hossam Eisa replaced him in the post.[11]
References edit
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- ^ a b c Khaled, Ashraf (9 August 2012). "Islamist professor becomes higher education minister". University World News. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ El Sayed, Nadine (1 September 2012). "Muslim Brothers in the Cabinet: The Strategic Five". Egypt Today. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Dr. Mostafa El Sayed Mosaad". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "PM Qandil meets 11 nominees for various cabinet portfolios". Ahram Online. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Egypt's Newly Appointed Cabinet Ministers" (PDF). American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ a b "The Brothers of the Cabinet". Egypt Independent. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Egypt PM draws on technocrats, Islamists in new government". The Daily Star. Reuters. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ Hauslohner, Abigail (16 July 2013). "Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in". The Washington Post. Cairo. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Egypt's interim president swears in first government". Ahram Online. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.