| Salah Abdel Maqsoud | |
| Office: | Minister of Information |
| Primeminister: | Hisham Qandil |
| Predecessor: | Ahmed Anis |
| Successor: | Durriyah Sharaf Al Din |
| Term Start: | 2 August 2012 |
| Term End: | 4 June 2013 |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Sharqia Governorate, Egypt |
| Party: | Freedom and Justice Party |
| Alma Mater: | Cairo University |
| Nationality: | Egyptian |
Salah Abdel Maqsoud (ar|صلاح عبد المقصود) was the minister of information of Egypt as part of the Qandil Cabinet.[1]
Maqsoud was born on 13 June 1958 in Sharqia Governorate.[2] [3] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Cairo University in 1980.[3]
Maqsoud is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.[4] [5] He is a journalist,[6] and was one of the leading figures in the Journalists' Syndicate.[7] He began his journalist career in 1979[4] and mostly worked for Dar El Tahrir publication house.[5] He wrote for various Islamist magazines such as Dawa al Bashir (1985), the Banner of Islam (1987 and 1994) and Harvest of Thought (1992).[4] He also served as the head of the Arab Media Center, which is the media training center of the Muslim Brotherhood.[8]
Maqsoud became a member of the Freedom and Justice Party and worked as a spokesman during the election campaign of Mohamed Morsi.[7] He also writes articles for the website of the party. He was appointed minister of information to the cabinet headed by Hisham Qandil on 2 August 2012, replacing Ahmed Anis.[5] [9] He and other FJP members in the cabinet resigned from office on 4 July 2013 following the 2013 coup in Egypt.[10] His term officially ended on 16 July 2013 when the interim cabinet led by prime minister Hazem Al Beblawi was formed.[11]