Abdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy Explained

Abdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy
Order:38th
Office:Prime Minister of Egypt
President:Anwar Sadat
Birth Date:3 January 1923
Term Start:25 September 1974
Term End:16 April 1975
Predecessor:Anwar Sadat
Successor:Mamdouh Salem
Party:Arab Socialist Union
Native Name Lang:ar

Abd El Aziz Mohamed Hegazy (also known as Abdulaziz Hijazi) (Arabic: عبد العزيز محمد حجازي, pronounced as /ʕæbdelˈʕæziːz mæˈħæmmæd ħeˈɡæːzi/; 3 January 1923[1] – 22 December 2014) was the 38th Prime Minister of Egypt during the presidency of Anwar Sadat.[2]

Career

Hegazy received his PhD in commerce from the University of Birmingham in 1951. He was lecturer and later professor at the Cairo University and became Dean of the Faculty of Commerce at the Ain Shams University in 1966.

Hegazy served as Minister of the Treasury 1968 to 1972, and Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade 1973 to 1974.[3] He was prime minister from 25 September 1974 to 16 April 1975.[4] He was the head of the General Federation of Civil Society Groups.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Uwechue, Raph. Africa Who's who. 1991. Africa Journal Limited. 9780903274173. en.
  2. News: Former PM Abdel Aziz Hegazy dies at 91. ozsoft@link.net. 2014-12-22. Net2 News. 2017-10-27. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403215653/http://www.medianet2.com/news/former-pm-abdel-aziz-hegazy-dies-at-91/. 2015-04-03. dead.
  3. Book: Khalid Ikram. The Egyptian Economy, 1952-2000: Performance Policies and Issues. 21 July 2013. 2005. Routledge. 978-1-134-22754-9. 319.
  4. Web site: Former prime ministers . 9 August 2010 . 'The Cabinet of Ministers . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101214034914/http://cabinet.gov.eg/Cabinet/Former.aspx . 14 December 2010 .
  5. News: A talk with former Egyptian PM Abdulaziz Hijazi. 5 April 2013. Asharq Alawsat. 8 November 2011.