Reda Hegazy Explained

Reda Hegazy
Native Name:	رِضا حجازي
Birthname:	Reda el Sayed Mahmoud Hegazy
Office:	Minister of Education and Technical Education
Primeminister:	Mostafa Madbouly
Predecessor:	Tarek Shawki
President:	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Term Start:	13 August 2022
Term End:	2 July 2024^[1]
Birth Date:	4 December 1959
Birth Place:	Egypt
Alma Mater:	Mansoura University

Reda Hegazy (Arabic: رِضا حجازي; born 4 December 1959) was the Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education in the cabinet headed by Mostafa Madbouly in succession of Tarek Shawki.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Before appointing, Hegazy had long held the position of deputy minister of education at the Ministry of Education.^{[6] [7]}

In September 2023, Hegazy as Minister of Education announced plans for schools to Ban female students from wearing niqab.^{[8] [9] [10]}

Notes and References

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2. Web site: 2022-08-13 . رضا حجازى وزيرًا للتربية والتعليم (بروفايل) . 2022-11-23 . جريدة الدستور . ar-eg.
3. Web site: Who's who: Meet Egypt's 13 new ministers - Politics - Egypt . 2022-11-23 . Ahram Online.
4. Web site: 2022-08-13 . Cabinet Reshuffle: New minister announced for Education portfolio . 2022-11-23 . EgyptToday.
5. Web site: 2022-08-15 . Egypt to continue implementing the new educational system: Minister . 2022-11-23 . Egypt Independent . en-US.
6. Web site: 2022-08-13 . Profile: Who is Hesham Amna, the new minister of local development? . 2022-11-23 . EgyptToday.
7. Web site: 2022-08-13 . Egypt Announces Cabinet Reshuffle Introducing 13 New Ministers Egyptian Streets . 2022-11-23 . en-US.
8. Web site: Egypt bans niqab in schools . 2024-05-17 . Middle East Eye . en.
9. Web site: Uras . Umut . Egyptians divided over recent niqab ban at schools . 2024-05-17 . Al Jazeera . en.
10. Web site: 2023-09-12 . Egypt bans face veil in schools for upcoming academic year . 2024-05-17 . WION . en-us.