Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour
| Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour | |
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| Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment | |
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In office 16 July 2013 – 19 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
Hazem Al Beblawi Ibrahim Mahlab |
| Preceded by | Hatem Saleh |
| Succeeded by | Tareq Qabil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1945 |
| Political party | Wafd Party |
| Alma mater |
Cairo University American University in Cairo |
| Religion | Coptic Christianity |
Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour (Arabic: منير فخري عبد النور, born 21 August 1945) is an Egyptian businessman and politician.
Abdel Nour was born into a Coptic Christian family on 21 August 1945. His father, Amin Fakhry Abdel Nour (1912 – 2012), was a Wafdist politician.
He graduated from a French high school in Cairo. He received a bachelor's degree from Cairo University's Faculty of Economics and Political Science. He holds a master's degree from the American University in Cairo (AUC) with a thesis entitled "private foreign investment as a source of economic development."
Abdel Nour is a businessman. He began his career as representative in Egypt and the Middle East for the french bank "Banque de l'Union Européenne" then joined American Express International Banking Corporation as Vice President in Egypt. He later founded Egyptian Finance Company. In 1983 he founded the Egyptian French Company for Agro-Industries (Vitrac Company )i He was board member of the Cairo and Alexandria stock exchange,the Federation of Egyptian Industries., the center for economic studies of developing countries at Cairo university.
Then he joined politics. He run for office in the 1995 elections, but lost. He won a seat in the 2000 general elections. and was elected Head of the opposition in Parliament. Later he was elected secretary-general of the Wafd Party. After the 25th of January revolution he was appointed minister of tourism in the cabinet led by then prime minister Ahmed Shafiq in February 2011. Abdel Nour succeeded Zoheir Garranah in the post.
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