Mohamed Arab

Mohamed Saber Ibrahim Arab (born 23 December 1948) is a veteran politician, who has served as Egypt's former minister of culture in different cabinets, including the Beblawi cabinet.

Mohamed Arab
Minister of Culture
In office
16 July 2013 – 17 June 2014
Prime MinisterHazem Al Beblawi
Ibrahim Mahlab
Preceded byAlaa Abdel Fattah
Succeeded byGaber Asfour[1]
In office
2 August 2012 – 4 February 2012
Prime MinisterHisham Qandil
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAlaa Abdel Fattah
In office
December 2001 – June 2012
Prime MinisterKamal Ganzouri
Succeeded byHimself
Personal details
Born (1948-12-23) 23 December 1948
NationalityEgyptian
Political partyIndependent

Early life

Arab was born on 23 December 1948.[2]

Career

Arab served as a professor of modern Arab history at Al Azhar University in Egypt from 1974 to 2011.[2] He was a visiting professor at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman from 1986 to 1991 and at Emirates University in 1994.[2] He also worked as a professor of modern history at the Arabian Researches and Studies Institute of the Arab Countries League in Egypt 1994 to 2011.[2] In addition, he was the chairman of the National Library and Archives of Egypt (2005 - 2009) and of the Egypt's general authority for books and national documents (2009 - 2011).[3][4] In 2011, he retired from public post and became culture committee reporter at the National Council of Women.[4]

Arab served as the minister of culture in the interim government headed by Kamal Ganzouri.[5] He resigned from his post in July 2012.[6] However, he continued to serve in the same post in the Qandil cabinet that became effective in August 2012.[7] On 4 February 2013, he resigned again in protest of brutal violence against protesters.[8] On 7 May 2013, Alaa Abdel-Aziz El-Sayed Abdel-Fattah was appointed culture minister in a cabinet reshuffle to succeed him in the post.[9]

Arab was reappointed culture minister to the interim government led by Hazem Al Beblawi on 16 July 2013.[10][11]

Awards

Arab is the Egyptian State Award winner in social sciences of 2012 that was given in July 2012.[6]

References
  1. "BREAKING: New government swears in". Cairo Post. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. "About Us". El Masry Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. "Meet Hisham Qandil's new Egypt cabinet". Ahram Online. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. El Aref, Nevine (1–7 August 2013). "How he came back". Al Ahram Weekly (1159). Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  5. "Egypt's newly appointed cabinet" (PDF). American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  6. El Aref, Nevine (5–11 July 2012). "Honours upstaged". Al Ahram Weekly (1105). Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  7. "Egypt's New Cabinet Under Qandil". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  8. "Culture minister resigns for third time". Egypt Independent. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  9. "Nine new ministers announced in Egypt cabinet reshuffle". Ahram Online. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  10. "Who's who: Egypt's full interim Cabinet". Ahram Online. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  11. Hauslohner, Abigail (16 July 2013). "Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in". The Washington Post. Cairo. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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