Mohammed Ali Tayea (1945-2000) was one of the political leaders in Egypt during the Sadat and Mubarak era. He died on 1 May 2000.
Mohammed Tayea was born on 20 July 1945 in Alexandria at his mother's residence. He lived in Sohag at Girga city during his childhood. He gained a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Assiut University in 1971.
After graduating, he worked at the Red Sea construction company until 1974 on the board of directors in Suez alongside his work as an engineering contractor.
In 1977 he married Ms. Fawzia Abo Zeid AbduLatif after graduating with a degree in philosophy at Ain Shams University.
They had 3 children (Shehab, Shady and Shahinaz). Shehab graduated in naval engineering at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Shady in commerce at the Modern Academy and Shahinaz with honours in engineering at the Modern Academy.
He hails from an Upper Egyptian family through his father (Ali Mohammed Tayea) Sohag who raised his Mohammed Tayea with traditional values.
Mohammed Tayea has 2 brothers and 3 sisters (Hassan Ali Tayea, an engineer at Girga City Council in Sohag; Gamal Abdel Nasser Ali Tayea, a businessman in England since 1985 and owner of an import-export company).
First one has 3 sons : Sara, Ali and Mostafa .
Major projects include:
He also was involved in many charities such as the Qurran Charity in Suez which he headed.