Mohamed Arab (born 23 December 1948) is a veteran politician, who has served as

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's former minister of culture in different cabinets, including the Beblawi cabinet.

Early life

Arab was born on 23 December 1948.

Career

Arab worked as a professor of modern Arab history at

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in Egypt from 1974 to 2011. He was a visiting professor at

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from 1986 to 1991 and at

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in 1994. He also worked as a professor of modern history at the Arabian Researches and Studies Institute of the

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in Egypt 1994 to 2011. In addition, he was the chairman of the National Library and Archives of Egypt (2005–2009) and of the Egypt's general authority for books and national documents (2009–2011). In 2011, he retired from public post and became culture committee reporter at the National Council of Women. Arab served as the minister of culture in the interim government headed by

Kamal Ganzouri Kamal Ganzouri ( ar, كمال الجنزورى, ‎; 12 January 1933 – 31 March 2021) was an Egyptian economist who served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 7 December 2011 to 24 July 2012. He previously served as prime minister from 1996 ...

. He resigned from his post in July 2012. However, he continued to serve in the same post in the Qandil cabinet that became effective in August 2012. On 4 February 2013, he resigned again in protest of brutal violence against protesters. On 7 May 2013, Alaa Abdel-Aziz El-Sayed Abdel-Fattah was appointed culture minister in a cabinet reshuffle to succeed him in the post. Arab was reappointed culture minister to the

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led by

Hazem Al Beblawi Hazem El Beblawi (also spelled ''el Beblawy'' ar, حازم عبد العزيز الببلاوى ; born 17 October 1936) is an Egyptian economist and politician who was interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previousl ...

on 16 July 2013. Arab's term ended on 17 June 2014, and he was replaced by

Gaber Asfour Gaber Ahmed Asfour ( ar, جابر أحمد عصفور, (25 March 1944 – 31 December 2021) was an Egyptian academic and politician who was a professor at Cairo University from 1966. He was appointed the Minister of Culture on 1 February 2011. ...

in the post.

Awards

Arab is the Egyptian State Award winner in social sciences of 2012 that was given in July 2012.

References

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