Essam Sharaf

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Essam Sharaf (center), January 2011

Essam Abdel Aziz Scharaf ( Arabic عصام عبد العزيز شرف, DMG ʿIṣṣām ʿAbdu l-ʿAzīz Šaraf ; * 1952 in Al-Jiza Governorate ) is an Egyptian politician and was Prime Minister of Egypt between March 3, 2011 and November 22 of the same year . In the period after the revolution against Husni Mubarak he became the country's first civilian premier, but headed a short-lived transitional government, the Sharaf cabinet .

Life

Sharaf received in 1975 the Bachelor of Science from the University of Cairo and in 1980 a Master in Civil and civil engineering from Purdue University . In 1984 he became a Doctor of traffic engineering at Purdue University doctorate . In 1985 he became an assistant professor at Cairo University. After six years at the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia , he received a full professorship at the University of Cairo in 1996. He was Minister of Transport in the Nazif cabinet from July 13, 2004 to December 31, 2005 . He resigned from this post after a fatal train accident because, in his opinion, there was a lack of resources to improve the Egyptian rail system.

From 2006 he was again professor for road and path construction at the University of Cairo. He also founded the non-governmental organization Age of Science , which aims to promote knowledge and modern science in Egyptian society. a. the Nobel Prize winner Ahmed Zewail and the Egyptian-American geologist Farouk al-Baz belong to the group. He expressed his support for the 2011 revolution in Egypt at an early stage, which is why the opposition proposed him to the military council for the post of prime minister in the transitional period and his appointment was welcomed by many opposition groups.

2020 Sharaf was in the National Academy of Engineering of the United States elected.

Scharaf's father was a professor of veterinary medicine , four of his siblings were or are also active as professors.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ahmed Zaki Osman: Egypt's newly-appointed Prime Minister Essam Sharaf: A profile. In: AlMasryAlYoum English Edition online. March 3, 2011, accessed March 4, 2011 .
  2. ↑ a b Essam Abdel-Aziz Sharaf. Purdue University, College of Engineering, accessed March 3, 2011 .
  3. ↑ David Cutler: Factbox: Essam Sharaf chosen as Egypt's new prime minister. In: Reuters. Retrieved March 4, 2011 .
  4. ^ Army appoints new Egyptian PM. In: Al Jazeera English online. March 3, 2011, accessed March 3, 2011 .
  5. ^ New Egypt PM at Tahrir rally. In: Al Jazeera English online. March 4, 2011, accessed March 4, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Omnia Al Desoukie: Segments of opposition hail new PM appointment as 'positive step'. In: AlMasryAlYoum English Edition online. March 3, 2011, accessed March 4, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Sharaf, Essam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sharaf, Essam Abdel Aziz (full name); عصام عبد العزيز شرف (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian Prime Minister
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Al-Jiza Governorate