Hisham Arafat Explained

Hisham Arafat
Office:	Minister of Transport
Primeminister:	Sherif Ismail Mostafa Madbouly
President:	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Term Start:	16 February 2017
Term End:	27 February 2019
Predecessor:	Galal Saeed
Successor:	Kamel al-Wazir
Birth Date:	1964/1965^[1]
Birth Place:	United Arab Republic
Alma Mater:	Ain Shams University
Native Name Lang:	ar

Hisham Arafat (Arabic: هشام عرفات; 1964/1965 – 15 May 2024) was an Egyptian politician who was Transport Minister in the cabinet headed by Sherif Ismail from 19 February 2017 to 27 February 2019 (in succession to Minister Galal Saeed) and resigned shortly after the Ramses Station rail disaster.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Qualifications

Hisham held the following degrees:^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

• Bachelor of Engineering from Ain Shams University in 1985.
• Master's degree from the same university in 1991
• Doctor's Degree from Ain Shams University and the University of Braunschweig in Germany.

Personal life and death

Arafat was married to an engineer who works in the private sector. They have two sons who graduated from the German University – the first from the Department of Electrical and Communications, and the second is a mechanic.^{[11] [12] [13]}

Arafat died from cancer on 15 May 2024, at the age of 60.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hisham Arafat « "Egypt，gateway to BRICA" . 30 May 2022 . en-US . 24 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171224163928/http://events.eba.org.eg/speakers/hisham-arafat/ . dead .
2. Web site: 27 May 2021 . Egypt appoints military officer as transportation minister . 29 May 2022 . AP NEWS . en.
3. News: Walsh . Declan . Ezzidin . Toqa . 27 February 2019 . At Least 20 Killed in Fiery Crash at Cairo Train Station . en-US . The New York Times . 30 May 2022 . 0362-4331.
4. News: 27 February 2019 . Egypt's transport minister resigns after deadly Cairo train crash . en . Reuters . 29 May 2022.
5. Web site: Transport Minister Hisham Arafat Archives . 29 May 2022 . Egypt Independent . en-US.
6. Web site: Egypt's Transportation Minister resigns over fatal train accident - Politics - Egypt . 29 May 2022 . Ahram Online.
7. Web site: عامر . سلامة . 14 February 2017 . بعد ترشحه لـ"النقل".. 6 معلومات عن هشام عرفات . 29 May 2022 . الوطن . ar.
8. Web site: 14 June 2018 . السيرة الذاتية لهشام عرفات وزير النقل . 29 May 2022 . www.albawabhnews.com.
9. Web site: Who's who: Meet the Egyptian cabinet's fresh faces - Politics - Egypt . 29 May 2022 . Ahram Online.
10. Web site: Universities in Egypt . 29 May 2022 . www.universitiesegypt.com.
11. Web site: Who's who: Meet the Egyptian cabinet's fresh faces - Politics - Egypt . 29 May 2022 . Ahram Online.
12. Web site: عامر . سلامة . 14 February 2017 . بعد ترشحه لـ"النقل".. 6 معلومات عن هشام عرفات . 29 May 2022 . الوطن . ar.
13. Web site: Hisham Arafat « "Egypt，gateway to BRICA" . 29 May 2022 . en-US . 24 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171224163928/http://events.eba.org.eg/speakers/hisham-arafat/ . dead .
14. https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/3170149 وفاة الدكتور هشام عرفات وزير النقل السابق بعد صراع مع المرض