Galal Saeed
Governor of Cairo
Assumed office
13 August 2013
Preceded byOsama Kamal
Personal details
Political partyIndependent
Alma materCairo University
McMaster University
Waterloo University

Galal Mostafa Mohamed Saeed (Arabic: جلال مصطفى محمد سعيد is an Egyptian engineer and politician. He is a former governor of Cairo.

Early life and education

Dr. Galal Saeed graduated as a civil engineer in 1971 from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. He received a master's degree from the same university before he traveled to Canada to complete his postgraduate studies. In Canada, he earned a master's degree in the field of transportation and traffic engineering from McMaster University in Canada. In 1979, he received a doctorate from the University of Waterloo in Canada in the field of strategic planning for transportation. Dr. Galal Saeed began his career as a teaching assistant before getting a doctorate and becoming a professor. He studied and lectured in many universities like Waterloo, Cairo University and Kuwait University.[1][2]

Career

  • Dean of the Faculty of Engineering from 1992 to 2001, Cairo University
  • President of Fayoum University
  • Governor of Fayoum
  • Minister of Transportation during the Cabinet of Kamal Ganzouri (was a candidate for the same post in Hazem El-Beblawi's government)[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Who's is Cairo's new governor?". 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "New governors for Cairo, Alexandria appointed during reshuffle". Daily News Egypt. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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