Abd El Aziz Mohamed Hegazy (also known as Abdulaziz Hijazi) ( ar, عبد العزيز محمد حجازي, ; 3 January 1923 – 22 December 2014) was the 38th

Prime Minister of Egypt The prime minister of Egypt () is the head of the Egyptian government. A direct translation of the Arabic-language title is "Minister-President of Egypt" and "President of the Government". The Arabic title can also be translated as "President of ...

during the presidency of

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...

Career

Hegazy received his PhD in commerce from the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

in 1951. He was lecturer and later professor at the

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

and became Dean of the Faculty of Commerce at the

Ain Shams University Ain Shams University ( ar, جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. History Ain Shams University was fou ...

in 1966. Hegazy served as Minister of the Treasury 1968 to 1972, and Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade 1973 to 1974. He was prime minister from 25 September 1974 to 16 April 1975. He was the head of the General Federation of Civil Society Groups.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hegazy 1923 births 2014 deaths 20th-century prime ministers of Egypt Alumni of the University of Birmingham Cairo University faculty Ain Shams University faculty Treasury ministers of Egypt Finance Ministers of Egypt Egyptian expatriates in the United Kingdom