Ashraf El-Shihy

19 September 2015 – 19 February 2017

(Minister of Higher Education)

(Minister of Scientific Research)

Ashraf Mohamed AbdelHamid El Shihy (in Egyptian Arabic أشرف محمد عبد الحميد الشيحي), Minister of Higher Education and Minister of Scientific Research, where Ashraf El Shihy swore the constitutional oath, in front of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, as minister of higher education and minister of scientific research, the government of Sherif Ismail.

Born in Cairo, Ashraf Mohamed AbdelHamid El Shihy graduated in 1977 from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, receiving his bachelor of science in civil engineering. In 1980 he earned a master's degree in structural engineering from the University of Southampton, England, the United Kingdom. Then he got his doctorate degree in structural engineering also from the University of Southampton in 1986. Dr. Ashraf El Shihy rose in academic positions to the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research. In August 2013, Dr. Ashraf El Shihy became the University President (Chancellor) of University of Zagazig (in Egyptian Arabic جامعة الزقازيق). On 19 September 2015, he was assigned to the Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Scientific Research of Egypt.

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