Amr Darrag
Amr Darrag | |
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Minister of Planning and International Cooperation | |
In office 7 May 2013 – 4 July 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Hisham Qandil |
Preceded by | Ashraf Al Arabi |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1958 (age 57–58) |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Political party | Freedom and Justice Party |
Alma mater |
Cairo University Purdue University |
Ahmed Mohamed Amr Darrag (born October 1958) is an Egyptian engineer and politician, who briefly served as Egypt's minister of planning and international cooperation from 7 May to 4 July 2013.
Early life and education
Darrag was born in October 1958.[1] He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's degree in soil mechanics and foundations both of which he received from Cairo University in 1980 and 1984, respectively.[1][2] He also obtained a PhD in soil mechanics and foundations from Purdue University in 1987.[1][3]
Career
Darrag began his career in 1987 as a senior engineer for Erdman and Associates Inc. in Orlando, Florida, where he worked for one year.[1] He served as the board chairman at Egyptian engineering consultancy firm, Engineering House of Expertise.[1] In addition, he was an engineer at the Arab Contractors Company.[1] He also worked as professor of geotechnical engineering at Cairo University.[4][5] In addition, he served as director of corporate planning and business development at the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC).[6]
He is a senior member of the Muslim Brothers.[7] While working at Cairo University he served as a spokesperson for the Muslim Brothers.[8] In addition, he was a member of the organization's political committee from 2002 to 2006.[9]
He is one of the founding members of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP).[2][10] He served as the party secretary in Giza governorate.[11][12] He was appointed chairman of the party's foreign relations committee in July 2012 and also, served as chairman of its development and planning committee.[5][13] He is a member of the higher commission and executive board of the party.[5][13][14] He was secretary general of the constituent assembly that was tasked with drafting Egypt's current constitution.[3][15]
In the general elections of 2011, he ran for a parliamentary seat in Giza on the list of the FJP, but lost the election.[16] On 7 May 2013, Darrag was appointed minister of planning and international cooperation to the cabinet headed by prime minister Hisham Qandil.[17] Darrag replaced Ashraf Al Arabi in the post.[18] He and other FJP members in the cabinet resigned from office on 4 July 2013 following the 2013 coup in Egypt.[19] His term officially ended on 16 July 2013 when the interim government led by Hazem Al Beblawi was formed.[20]
Personal life
Darrag is married and has three daughters.[11]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Meet the ministers". Daily News. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- 1 2 Messieh, Nancy (7 May 2013). "Profiling Egypt's New Ministers". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- 1 2 "Amr Darrag". World Economy Forum. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ Barry Goldsmith Clarke; Institution of Civil Engineers (1 January 1999). Urban Ground Engineering. Thomas Telford. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7277-2786-2. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- 1 2 3 "2013 U.S.-Islamic World Forum Speakers". Brookings. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ↑ "Could North African Urban Expansion Projects Provide the Solution to Traffic Congestion?". PR Newswire Europe. Dubai. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ Serodio, Diana (18 April 2013). "Interview with Dr. Amr Darrag on the new Egyptian Constitution". Arab-West Report. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ Mayton, Joseph (1 May 2006). "A long time in politics ...". The Middle East. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ Lindsey, Ursula (14 June 2013). "Interview with Amr Darrag". The Arabist. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ Eric Trager; Katie Kiraly; Cooper Klose & and Eliot Calhoun (September 2012). "Who's Who in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- 1 2 Topol, Sarah A. (3 January 2012). "Why Egypt Embraces the Brotherhood". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ Darrag, Amr (16 October 2012). "A Revolutionary Foreign Policy". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- 1 2 "Darrag: Egypt aspires to be a regional leader again". Sunday's Zaman. Cairo. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ Darrag, Amr (16 August 2013). "Egypt's Blood, America's Complicity". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ "Constituent Assembly official asks court to repeat all hearings before verdict on assembly's fate". Egypt Independent. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ El Shafey, Mahmud (7 May 2013). "Egypt appoints nine new ministers in cabinet reshuffle". Asharq Alawsat. London. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ "Egypt's PM announces nine new ministers in cabinet reshuffle". Al Arabiya. Reuters. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ "Nine new ministers announced in Egypt cabinet reshuffle". Ahram Online. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ "Egypt Brotherhood ministers present official resignations". Ahram Online. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ↑ Hauslohner, Abigail (16 July 2013). "Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in". The Washington Post. Cairo. Retrieved 16 July 2013.