Mostafa Madbouly

About

Mostafa Kamal Madbouly (born 28 April 1966) is an Egyptian politician who has served since 2018 as the 54th Prime Minister of Egypt. He was appointed by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to succeed Sherif Ismail following his government’s resignation in the wake of el-Sisi’s re-election. Madbouly also served in Sherif Ismail’s cabinet as minister of housing, and had also briefly served as acting prime minister.

== Career ==
Madbouly graduated from Cairo University, receiving a master’s degree and PhD from the Faculty of Engineering in 1988 and 1997, respectively.

=== Housing and Building Research Center ===
Madbouly started his career at the government’s Housing and Building National Research Center (HBRC), becoming the director of the Training and Urban Studies Institute there.

=== General Organisation for Physical Planning ===
From September 2009 to November 2011, Madbouly was the chairman of the urban planning authority, the General Organisation for Physical Planning (GOPP) affiliated to the ministry of housing.

=== United Nations Human Settlements Program ===
From November 2012 until February 2014 he was the regional director for Arab countries at the United Nations Human Settlements Program…