Mohamed Arab | |
---|---|
Minister of Culture | |
In office July 2012 – July 2014 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Alaa Abdel Fattah |
Succeeded by | Gaber Asfour |
In office April 2012 – May 2012 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Himself |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohamed Saber Ibrahim Arab 23 December 1948 Desouk, Kingdom of Egypt |
Political party | Independent |
Mohamed Arab, also known as Mohamed Saber Arab, (born 23 December 1948) is a veteran politician, who served as Egypt's minister of culture in different cabinets, including the Beblawi cabinet.
Arab was born on 23 December 1948. [1]
Arab worked as a professor of modern Arab history at Al Azhar University in Egypt from 1974 to 2011. [1] He was a visiting professor at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman from 1986 to 1991 and at Emirates University in 1994. [1] He also worked as a professor of modern history at the Arabian Researches and Studies Institute of the Arab League in Egypt 1994 to 2011. [1] In addition, he was the chairman of the National Library and Archives of Egypt (2005–2009) and of the Egypt's general authority for books and national documents (2009–2011). [2] [3] In 2011, he retired from public post and became culture committee reporter at the National Council of Women. [3]
Arab served as the minister of culture in the interim government headed by Kamal Ganzouri from April 2012. [4] [5] He resigned from his post in May 2012 and was succeeded by Mohamed Ibrahim in the post. [6] Arab was renamed as the minister of culture in July 2012 [5] and continued to serve in the same post in the Qandil cabinet that became effective in August 2012. [7] On 4 February 2013, he resigned again in protest of brutal violence against protesters. [8] On 7 May 2013, Alaa Abdel-Aziz El-Sayed Abdel-Fattah was appointed culture minister in a cabinet reshuffle to succeed him in the post. [9]
Arab was reappointed culture minister to the interim government led by Hazem Al Beblawi on 16 July 2013. [10] [11] Arab's term ended on July 2014, [5] and he was replaced by Gaber Asfour in the post. [12]
Arab is the Egyptian State Award winner in social sciences of 2012 that was given in July 2012. [6]