Kamal Stino
Kamal Ramzi Stino ( Arabic كمال رمزي إستينو Kamāl Ramzī Istīnū ; * July 10, 1910 in Mansoura ; † 1987 ) was an Egyptian politician .
Life
Kamal received a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Davis University of California and a Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley . His field of study was plant cytogenetics. He worked for the USDA in Bethesda, Maryland , for a year as a post-doctorate internship . When he returned to Egypt, he joined the Agriculture College in the Department of Agronomy at Cairo University . He taught several thousand students and developed a large graduate congregation of his students. He has published more than 160 scientific papers in reputable journals. He also wrote four scientific works on vegetables. He developed more than twelve new varieties of sweet potatoes , yams , watermelons, large zucchini and eggplant.
In 1956, President Gamal Abdel Nasser appointed Stino as the only Coptic Christian member of the government. He became Minister of Trade and Supply in the Egyptian Cabinet and held that post for 14 years. He was also Minister of Agriculture and also Deputy Prime Minister for the last 6 years of his term of office. During his career he developed several systems to help the poor in Egypt. He launched a program to sell subsidized staple foods to the public through government-owned stores. These businesses are still in operation today. He also developed a system for giving out ration cards to the poor.
He also initiated the National Poultry Company , which introduced broilers to Egypt for the first time. In 1970 he was appointed director of the Center for Agricultural Research, and in 1972 he was elected first director of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development .
Dr. Kamal Stino was the eldest son of his family, his five siblings were the engineer Moheb , Dr. Charles , Dr. George, Georgette and Madeline. He was married to Farida Schawki Schenuda and had his firstborn son, Farid , with her. When she died in childbirth, he married her sister, Madeline, and had a son, Sherif, and a daughter, Maisie.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Donald Malcolm Reid: Cairo University and the Making of Modern Egypt , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012, p. 272, preview in Google Book Search
- ^ My American and German Years. Retrieved July 15, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stino, Kamal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stino, Kamal Ramzi; Astinu, Kamal Ramzi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mansoura |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1987 |