Fayyad Abdel Moneim
Fayyad Abdel Moneim | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 7 May 2013 – 16 July 2013 | |
| President | Mohamad Morsi |
| Prime Minister | Hesham Qandil |
| Preceded by | Morsi El Sayed Hegazy |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Galal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Al Azhar University |
Fayyad Abdel Moneim (born 1957) is an Egyptian academic and economist who served as finance minister briefly from 7 May to 16 July 2013.
Early life and education[edit]
Moneim was born in 1957.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in commerce in 1980.[2] He holds a master's degree, which he received from Al Azhar University in 1993.[2][3] He also holds a PhD, which he again received from Al Azhar University in Islamic finance in 1999.[2][4] The title of his PhD thesis is "an evaluation of the economic performance of banks, with application to the Islamic banks in Egypt."[3]
Career[edit]
Moneim served as the manager and advisor of the Islamic Research Center at the International Islamic Investment and Development Bank in Cairo.[1][4] He was also a consultant to various Islamic finance institutions.[4] In addition, he was a financial consultant at Dar El Ifta that is a public institution, issuing fatwas (religious edicts).[1] He served as the legal inspection committee secretary of the Islamic International Bank from 1993 to 2003.[2] He was a member of the board of Islamic studies at the faculty of science at Cairo University.[5] He worked as a professor of economics at Al Azhar University until May 2013.[6] On 7 May 2013, he was appointed finance minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hesham Qandil.[7] He replaced Morsi El Sayed Hegazy in the post.[7] Moneim's term ended on 16 July when interim government led by the Prime Minister Hazem Al Beblawi was formed.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Who's who: Egypt's new ministers". Ahram Online. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Meet the ministers". Daily News. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Profile: Egyptian Finance Minister Fayyad Abdel Moneim". Reuters. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ a b c David Kenner (7 May 2013). "Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ Nancy Messieh (7 May 2013). "Profiling Egypt's New Ministers". Atlantic Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "New finance minister: budget and tax reforms are priority". Daily News. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Egypt's Mursi brings more Islamists into cabinet". Reuters. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ Abigail Hauslohner (16 July 2013). "Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in". The Washington Post. Cairo. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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