Osama Saleh | |
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Minister of Investment | |
In office 16 July 2013 – 1 March 2014 | |
President | Adly Mansour |
Prime Minister | Hazem Al Beblawi |
Preceded by | Yehya Hamed |
In office 2 August 2012 – 7 May 2013 | |
President | Mohamad Morsi |
Prime Minister | Hesham Qandil |
Succeeded by | Yehya Hamed |
Personal details | |
Born | July 2, 1960 |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Cairo University |
Osama Saleh (born 1960) is an Egyptian economist, who served as the minister of investment of Egypt from 2 August 2012 to 7 May 2013. He was part of the Qandil Cabinet. [1] He stayed as investment minister in the 2013 interim government. [2]
Saleh was born in 1960. [3] He is a graduate of the faculty of commerce at Cairo University and graduated in 1982. [3]
Saleh was the chairman of the Egyptian Mortgage Finance Authority (EMF) from 2005 to July 2009. [3] In September 2009, he was appointed chairman of the General Authority for Investment (GAFI) under Nazif's cabinet. [4] [5] He is also a board member of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority. [6] In addition, he also served as Regional Manager of American Express Bank Ltd. [3] He has been a visitor professor of finance at American University in Cairo since 2008. [6]
In August 2012, he was appointed minister of investment as part of the Qandil cabinet. [7] This ministry was disestablished during the Mobarak era. [4] [8] His term ended on 7 May 2013 and he was succeeded by Yehya Hamed in the post in a cabinet reshuffle. [9] [10] On 16 July 2013, Saleh was again appointed minister of investment to the interim cabinet led by Hazem Al Beblawi, replacing Yehya Hamed. [11]