Kamal el-Ganzouri
| Kamal Ganzouri كمال الجنزورى |
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| 46th Prime Minister of Egypt | |
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In office 7 December 2011 – 2 August 2012 |
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| President |
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Acting) Mohamed Morsi |
| Preceded by | Essam Sharaf |
| Succeeded by | Hesham Qandil |
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In office 2 January 1996 – 5 October 1999 |
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| President | Hosni Mubarak |
| Preceded by | Atef Sedki |
| Succeeded by | Atef Ebeid |
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| Born |
12 January 1933 Monufia, Egypt |
| Political party |
National Democratic Party (Before 1999) Independent (1999–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Kamal Ganzouri (Arabic: كمال الجنزورى, IPA: [kæˈmæːl elɡænˈzuːɾi]; born 12 January 1933) is an Egyptian economist who served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 7 December 2011 to 24 July 2012. He previously served as prime minister from 1996 to 1999. He came to power in 1996 succeeding Atef Sedki, and was in turn succeeded by Atef Ebeid in 1999. He was branded Minister of the Poor and the Opposition Minister because of his way of dealing with limited income people and the opposition. Before becoming prime minister, Ganzouri served as Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. On 24 November 2011, Egypt's military rulers appointed him as prime minister. He was sworn in and took office on 7 December 2011.
Kamal Ganzouri was born on 12 January 1933 in Garwan, a town in Bagor city in Monofia. He obtained a PhD at Michigan State University, United States and began teaching at Egyptian universities and training institutes in 1959.
He had served as a board member of the Sadat Academy for Administrative Sciences from 1962 to 1967 and became economic adviser to the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa in 1968. He was an adviser to the President Anwar Sadat. He was also a member of the National Specialized Councils of production, education and services. In 1974, he became undersecretary Of Planning Minister and kept this until 1975. He was appointed as Governor of the New Valley State in 1976 and then became Governor of the Bani Suef State in 1977 but resigned after just six months.
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