The Ministry of Information is the ministry in charge of

media Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass e ...

and

information Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

History and profile

The ministry was established in 1982 and it is the successor of the ministry of national guidance. Before its foundation the ministry of culture and information also dealt with the duties later held by it. The ministry was abolished in February 2011 when the new cabinet was created under

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Essam Sharaf Essam Abdel-Aziz Sharaf ( ar, عصام عبد العزيز شرف, ; born 1952) is an Egyptian academic who was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 3 March 2011 to 7 December 2011. He served as Minister of Transportation from 2004 to 2005. Early l ...

after his predecessor Ahmed Shafiq resigned. It was reestablished in July 2011 and Osama Heikal was appointed minister of information. The headquarters of the ministry is in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

List of Egyptian Ministers of Information (incomplete)

* Mansour Hassan (1979–1981; as minister of culture and information)(22 December 2012)
Sadat's last minister of information dies
''Al-Ahram'' * Safwat El-Sherif (1981–2004)Hammond, Andrew
Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
p. 79 (2005) *

Anas el-Fiqqi Anas el-Fiqqi (alternate spelling: Anas El Feki, Anas El-Feki, Anas Al-Faki, Anas al-Fiqi, Anas El-Fekky or el-Fiqi) is an Egyptian politician. Anas el-Fiqq became minister of youth in Egypt before switching places with Mamdouh El-Beltagui to be ...

(2004–2011) * Osama Heikal (2011–2012) * Salah Abdel Maqsoud (2012–2013) * Dorreya Sharaf El-Din (July 2013–June 2014) * Osama Heikal (2020–2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Information 1982 establishments in Egypt Ministries established in 1982

Information Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random ...