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Morsi El Sayed Hegazy is an Egyptian academic and economist who as briefly finance minister, from 6 January to 7 May 2013. He was the fifth finance minister of Egypt since 2011.

Education

Hegazy has a master's degree in economics, which he obtained from Alexandria University in 1976. He received a PhD in economics from Connecticut University in 1985.

Career

Hegazy began his career at Alexandria University in 1986 and was a professor of economics there. His speciality is public finance. He is also interested in Islamic finance.

He was appointed finance minister in a reshuffle to the cabinet of Hisham Qandil on 6 January 2013 to replace Momtaz El Saeed. Hegazy is not a member of any political party. However, he is close to the Muslim Brotherhood group.

Hegazy's term ended on 7 May 2013 and he was replaced in the post by Fayyad Abdel Moneim. Hegazy played a significant role in talks with the IMF to secure a $4.8bn loan when he was in office.

References

1. ^ Matt Bradley (6 January 2013). "Egypt Shakes Up Cabinet". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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3. Stephen Glain (1 February 2013). "Egypt's economy deteriorates amid growing protests against Morsi". Institutional Investor. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
4. ^ Enein, Ahmed Aboul (6 January 2013). "New faces likely in Cabinet" (PDF). Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
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6. Borzou Daragahi; Abeer Allam (6 January 2013). "Morsi reshuffles cabinet". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
7. Hauslohner, Abigail (6 January 2013). "Egypt's Morsi remakes cabinet, increasing Islamist presence". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
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9. "Egypt's Morsi Brings More Islamists into Cabinet". Voice of America. Reuters. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
   - "Nine new ministers announced in Egypt cabinet reshuffle". Ahram Online. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
10. Saleh, Heba (7 May 2013). "Egyptian finance minister fired as Morsi reshuffles cabinet". Financial Times. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

• Living people
• Alexandria University alumni
• University of Connecticut alumni
• Academic staff of Alexandria University
• 20th-century Egyptian economists
• Ministers of finance of Egypt
• Qandil Cabinet
• 21st-century Egyptian economists