Mohammad Rashad Al Matini Explained

Office:Minister of Transportation
Primeminister:Hesham Qandil
Predecessor:Galal Saeed
Successor:Hatem Abdel Latif
Term Start:2 August 2012
Term End:17 November 2012
Party:Independent
Nationality:Egyptian

Mohammad Rashad Al Matini is Egypt's former minister of transportation from 2 August 2012 until his resignation in the aftermath of the Manfalut railway accident on 17 November 2012.

Career

Al Matini worked as a professor of civil engineering at Cairo University.[1] He also served as a consultant at different ministries related to his field of speciality.[2]

He was appointed minister of transportation in the Qandil cabinet on 2 August 2012,[3] replacing Galal Saeed.[4] It was the first governmental post of Al Matini who had no political affiliation.[5] On 17 November 2012, a train crashed with a school bus, killing more than 40 school-age children and injuring others in Assiut governorate. Upon this event, Al Matini submitted his resignation to President Mohammad Morsi.[6] Rashad was replaced by Hatem Abdel Latif on 5 January 2013 in a cabinet reshuffle.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Egypt's newly appointed cabinet. American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. 9 December 2012. August 2012.
  2. Web site: Egypt's government: It's time to get to know the ministers. Egypt Business. 9 December 2012. 5 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121113115651/http://www.egypt-business.com/Paper/details/1231-xg-Egypts-government-Its-time-to-get-to-know-the-minsiters/6048. 13 November 2012.
  3. News: Meet Hisham Qandil's new Egypt cabinet. 9 December 2012. Ahram Online. 2 August 2012.
  4. News: Walid Abdelazim. Corruption allegations against Ministry of Transportation. 9 December 2012. Daily News. 22 July 2012.
  5. News: Ahmed Aboul Enein. The insiders: ministry officials who finally got the big job. 9 December 2012. Daily News. 11 August 2012.
  6. News: Egyptian school bus crashes with train, killing 50, transportation minister resigns. https://web.archive.org/web/20121120055112/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-11/17/c_131981147.htm. dead. 20 November 2012. 9 December 2012. Xinhua News Agency. 17 November 2012. Cairo.
  7. News: Egypt's cabinet reshuffle to see new interior, finance ministers. 6 January 2013. Ahram Online. 5 January 2013.