The Ministry of Manpower is the ministry in charge of
manpower
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, labor relations and
emigration
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of Egyptian workers.
Profile
The ministry's headquarters is in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
. The Minister of Manpower and Immigration also chairs the higher committee for migration that was established in 1977.
Aside from accounting for workers returning from Gulf states, the agency keeps a list with the names of companies where Egyptian nationals are prohibited to work.
Ministers
In June 2014,
Nahed Ashri was assigned the post of minister.
In September 2015, Gamal Sorour was assigned to the post.
On 23 March 2016 Mohamed Safaan was appointed Minister of Manpower.
See also
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Cabinet of Egypt
The Cabinet of Egypt ( ar, مجلس وزراء مصر) is the chief executive body of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It consists of the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers.
The government has a leading role in shaping the agenda of the houses ...
References
External links
Ministry of Manpower official websiteEgypt's Cabinet Database
Labour in Egypt
Manpower
Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include ...
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 Mediter ...
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