Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs

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The Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA, German "State Ministry for Antiquities Affairs", Arabic وزارة الدولة لشئون الآثار, also Ministry of State for Antiquities MSA) was a successor institution to the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt .

The Ministry was created by Husni Mubarak on January 31, 2011 at the request of Zahi Hawass , and Hawass became the first minister. After Mubarak had to resign because of the revolution in Egypt , Essam Sharaf became the new Prime Minister on March 3, although Hawass was not included in the cabinet due to his proximity to Mubarak and the responsibility of his ministry reverted to the Ministry of Culture. However, on March 30, 2011, the Ministry was set up again and filled with Hawass.

Since the Protection of Antiquities Law was not changed, however, the decision-making power was still legally with the Ministry of Culture. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces therefore recommended that a law be passed to provide the MSAA with the necessary competencies and thus to set it up properly. This was ratified on June 22nd by the transitional cabinet under Essam Sharaf, but still allowed the Minister of Culture to have a say. However, the ministry was dissolved again when the cabinet was reshuffled on July 17, 2011.

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After the resignation of the Sharaf cabinet in November 2011, the Department of Antiquities Management was again elevated to the rank of ministry under the new Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri and was headed by a new minister, Mohamed Ibrahim Ali Said , who also held this post heads the cabinet under President Mohammed Morsi , which has been led by Hescham Kandil since August 2, 2012 .

Web links

• Supreme Council of Antiquities website (English, Arabic)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Revolution in Egypt: Zahi Hawass is no longer Egypt's chief archaeologist. In: Welt Online. March 7, 2011, accessed April 19, 2011 . 
2. ↑ Zahi Hawass is back in the ministerial chair. In: The Standard . March 30, 2011, accessed April 19, 2011 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Wael el-Semari, Samar Samir (translator): Controversy over legality of Egypt's antiquities ministry. (No longer available online.) In: Youm7. July 22, 2011, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 28, 2011 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ Jack Shenker: Egypt's prime minister reshuffles cabinet in response to protests. In: The Guardian. July 17, 2011, accessed October 28, 2011 .