Galal Mostafa Mohamed Saeed ( ar, جلال مصطفى محمد سعيد) is an Egyptian engineer and
politician. He was the
Minister of Transport of Egypt in two occasions, initially from 2011 to 2012 and later from 2016 to 2017. He also served as
Governor of Cairo from 2013 to 2016.
Early life and education
Dr. Galal Saeed graduated as a
civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...
in 1971 from the Faculty of Engineering,
Cairo University. He received a master's degree from the same university before he traveled to
Canada to complete his postgraduate studies. In Canada, he earned a master's degree in the field of transportation and traffic engineering from
McMaster University in Canada. In 1979, he received a doctorate from the
University of Waterloo in Canada in the field of strategic planning for transportation. Dr. Galal Saeed began his career as a teaching assistant before getting a doctorate and becoming a professor. He studied and lectured in many universities like Waterloo, Cairo University and
Kuwait University.
Career
* Dean of the Faculty of Engineering from 1992 to 2001, Cairo University
* President of Fayoum University
* Governor of Fayoum
* Minister of Transportation during the Cabinet of
Kamal Ganzouri (was a candidate for the same post in
Hazem El-Beblawi's government)
References
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20th-century Egyptian engineers
21st-century Egyptian politicians
21st-century Egyptian engineers
Cairo University alumni
University of Waterloo alumni
Academic staff of Cairo University
McMaster University alumni
Governors of Cairo
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Transport ministers of Egypt