Kamal Stino
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Kamal Ramzi Stino (
Stino earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from the
In 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser, the president of Egypt at the time, chose him to be the only Coptic Christian Minister (Secretary) of supply and trade in the Egyptian cabinet.[1] He held over the course of 14 years. He was also the Deputy Prime Minister for the last 6 years of his appointment.[citation needed] During his career, he developed several systems to help the Egyptian poor. He launched a program to sell food staples to the public at subsidized prices through government-owned stores. These stores are still in operation as of 2020. He also developed a system to offer food ration cards to the poor to ensure that they had enough sustenance.[citation needed]
National Poultry Company
Stino also initiated the development of the National Poultry Company that introduced broilers for the first time in Egypt; the National Meat Company which tried to produce a larger buffalo veal in Egypt and the National Fishery Company that introduced raising fish commercially and that had the first high sea commercial fishing fleet in Egypt.[citation needed] In 1970 he was chosen to head the Center of Agriculture Research. In 1972, he was elected as the first Director General of the Arab Organization of Agriculture Development.[2]
Family
He was married to Lady Farida (Hanem) Shawki Shenouda and had his firstborn son, Farid, with her. When she died due to complications during delivery, he married her sister, Lady Madeline, and had a son, Sherif, and a daughter, Maisie.[citation needed] In addition to being a prominent figure in Egyptian politics himself, Dr Stino's brother Moheb was also appointed as minister of tourism and aviation under President Sadat. His other brother, Charles was vice-minister of industry and trade under Nasser.
References
- ISBN 978-1-4008-5735-7.
- ISBN 978-0-9506122-2-5.