Name Sherif Ismail Succeeded by Tareq el Molla | ||
Born 6 July 1955 (age 69) ( 1955-07-06 ) Office Acting Prime Minister of Egypt since 2015 | ||
Egypt gets a new government with rising star sherif ismail as prime minister
Sherif Ismail Mohamed (Arabic: شريف إسماعيل [ʃɪˈɾiːf esmæˈʕiːl]; born 6 July 1955) is an Egyptian engineer who has been Prime Minister of Egypt since 2015. Previously he was Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from 2013 to 2015.
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- Egypt gets a new government with rising star sherif ismail as prime minister
- Egypts Prime Minister paints a grim review of the countrys performance
- Career
- References
Egypt's Prime Minister paints a grim review of the country's performance
Career
Ismail studied mechanical engineering at Ain Shams University and graduated in 1978. He has held managerial posts at state-run petrochemical and natural gas firms. He served as the executive deputy chairman and then chairman of the Egyptian holding company for petrochemicals (ECHEM), which was established in 2002. Next he was named chairman of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS).
Then he worked as the managing director of the state-run oil holding company, Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum Holding Company (GANOPE). and became chairman of the company. He was appointed as Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources on 16 July 2013 as part of the interim cabinet led by Hazem Al Beblawi. He replaced Sherif Hassan Haddara in the post.
Ismail was appointed as Prime Minister on 12 September 2015.
