| Office: | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education |
| Primeminister: | Hazem Al Beblawi |
| Predecessor: | Mostafa Mussad (Minister of Higher Education) |
| Successor: | Wael El-Degwi (Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research) |
| Term Start: | 16 July 2013 |
| Term End: | 1 March 2014 |
| Party: | Nasserist Party (formerly) Constitution Party (until March 2013) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Sorbonne |
| Nationality: | Egyptian |
Hossam Eisa is an Egyptian politician and academic. He served as deputy prime minister and minister of higher education of Egypt from July 2013 until 1 March 2014.
Eisa holds a PhD in law from the University of Sorbonne in France.[1]
Eisa was a member of the Nasserist Party. He worked as a law professor and taught at Ain Shams University in Egypt and at the Algerian universities.[1] [2] Following the ouster of former President Hosni Mobarak, he became one of the founders of the Egyptian Initiative for Prevention of Corruption in 2011.[3] During the same period he was the attorney of Asmaa Mahfouz, an Egyptian activist who had organized the 18-day uprising, forcing the ouster of President Mobarak in February 2011.[4]
He cofounded the Constitution Party with Mohamed El Baradei in April 2012.[5] He served as the head of party's steering committee.[6] However, he left the party in March 2013 due to internal conflicts.[7]
On 16 July 2013, Eisa was appointed both deputy prime minister for social justice and minister of higher education in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hazem Al Beblawi.[8] [1] He succeeded Mostafa Mussad as minister of higher education.[9] Eisa's term as cabinet member ended in February 2014 when the cabinet resigned.[10]
Ahram Online describes Eisa as a Nasserist politician.[8] He holds a leftist political stance.[11] During the Mohammad Morsi era, he was among the major opposition figures and he advocated for the state to play a determining role in leading the economy, criticizing neo-liberal policies of the Qandil government.[12]