Kamal Ganzouri
Kamal Ganzouri كمال الجنزورى | |
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Atef Sedki | |
Succeeded by | Atef Ebeid |
Personal details | |
Born | Independent (1999–2021) | 12 January 1933
Alma mater | Michigan State University |
Kamal Ganzouri (
Early life and education
Kamal Ganzouri was born on 12 January 1933 in Garwan, a town in
Political career
Early career
Ganzouri served as a board member of the Sadat Academy for Administrative Sciences from 1962 to 1967 and became economic adviser to the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa in 1968. He was an adviser to the President Anwar Sadat. He was also a member of the National Specialized Councils of production, education and services. In 1974, he became undersecretary of Planning Minister and kept this until 1975. He was appointed Governor of the New Valley State in 1976 and then became Governor of the Bani Suef State in 1977 but resigned after just six months.
Minister of Planning
He was appointed director of The National Planning Institute in 1977 after resigning from Governor of Bani Suef State. After
First premiership
On 2 January 1996, Hosni Mubarak appointed Ganzouri as a replacement of
Life after first term as prime minister
Following his dismissal, he stayed completely away from the media. Some regime officials kept saying he didn't do any good to the country, and so his 20-year plan vanished while the 4 projects were neglected by the new cabinet. Even though, he had a good reputation among the people of Egypt and that was because of the major changes he had accomplished.
Support for the 2011 Egyptian revolution
Ganzouri then appeared for the first time in about 11 years of silence as the
He then reappeared in "Al Ashera Masa'a" TV program as his first dedicated interview after resurfacing. He started it with condolences to the protestors who died during the
He was later interviewed on
Possible presidential candidacy
Immediately following his appearance on television, pages and groups on
Second premiership
After Essam Sharaf resigned as Prime Minister of Egypt on 21 November 2011, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces appointed Ganzouri to form a new coalition government on 24 November. He formed his "Salvation Government" (Second Ganzouri Cabinet) on 3 December 2011 and was sworn in on 7 December. The military leadership stated as the cabinet was being sworn in that it has transferred all presidential powers to him, with the exception of affairs related to the judiciary and the military.[4][6][7][8] His government resigned on 25 June 2012 after the election of Mohamed Morsi as President of Egypt to make way for the new government.
Personal life and death
Ganzouri was married and had three daughters (Suzanne, Magda and Mona).[citation needed]
Ganzouri died on 31 March 2021. He was 88.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ Fisk, Robert (1996) "Vision of death that Cairo views through Ray-Bans", The Independent, 29 October 1996, Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ Africa research bulletin, Volume 22, Retrieved 13 February 20103
- ^ Egypt military 'appoint Kamal Ganzouri as new PM', BBC News, 24 November 2011
- ^ a b Egyptian prime minister given added powers, swears in cabinet, CNN, 7 December 2011, retrieved 7 December 2011
- ^ Doctoral graduate named prime minister of Egypt Archived 4 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Michigan State University. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Finally, El-Ganzouri cabinet sworn in - Politics - Egypt". Ahram Online.
- ^ "اليوم السابع | أوباما يجتمع بمستشاريه للأمن القومى بعد خطاب مبارك". Archived from the original on 8 July 2012.
- ^ "StackPath". dailynewsegypt.com.
- ^ "Former Egyptian PM Kamal al-Ganzouri dies aged 88". EgyptToday. 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Former Egypt PM Kamal Ganzouri dies aged 88". The National. 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Egypt's Ganzouri, a Key Player in 1990s Privatization Push, Dies". Bloomberg L.P. 31 March 2021.
External links
- Media related to Kamal el-Ganzouri at Wikimedia Commons