Kamel al-Wazir ( ar, كامل الوزير) is the Transport Minister of Egypt. He succeeded minister Hisham Arafat who resigned after the

Ramses Station rail disaster The Ramses Station rail disaster occurred on 27 February 2019 in Ramses Station of Cairo, Egypt. Twenty-five people were killed and forty injured. Accident In the early morning of 27 February 2019, in Cairo's main train station, Ramses Station, a ...

. Kamel al-Wazir had been heading the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces before being appointed as the minister. During his tenure as well, an accident happened as two trains collided in Upper Egypt for which, he issued an official apology.

Early life and career

Wazir studied Civil and Architectural Engineering at the Military Technical College and also holds a Masters in Military Sciences. He was involved in key projects of Egypt like digging of the new

Suez Canal The Suez Canal ( arz, قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The long canal is a popular ...

, developing the al-Jalala Plateau in

Ain Sukhna Al-'Ain al-Sokhna ( ar, العين السخنة, al-ʿAyn as-Sukhna , "the Hot Spring") is a town in the Suez Governorate, lying on the western shore of the Red Sea's Gulf of Suez. It is situated south of Suez and approximately east of Cairo. ...

Awards

* Medal of Long Service and Good Example * Medal of Military Duty, first degree

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Transport ministers of Egypt {{improve categories, date=April 2021