Ahmed El-Leithy (born 1945) was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of

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in Nazif's first Cabinet in 2004.

Biography

He replaced

Yousef Wali Yousef Waly ( ar, يوسف والي; 2 April 1930 – 5 September 2020) was an Egyptian politician who served as Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation from 1982 to 2004. Wali was not married but he's a godfather and uncle to three siblings, ...

in Nazif's new cabinet which was formed on July 9, 2004. He was chosen as governor of the

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in 2005. El-Leithy was replaced by businessman Amin Ahmed Mohamed Othman Abaza, a major player in the cotton industry, in Nazif's second Cabinet, which sworn in on Saturday, December 31, 2005. The replacement came among the appointment of a number of prominent business figures to set the wheels of economic reform in motion.

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