Nevine or Nevin Gamea was the

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. She came to the cabinet in December 2019. She is the first female minister to have this post since June 30, 2013. she was replaced with

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in a cabinet reshuffle in August 2022. During an interview, when asked, how is her ministry supporting the businesses because of

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, she said: ''"Since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, MSMEDA has provided support for all its sponsored enterprises, particularly those that are negatively affected. The authority launched many initiatives to mitigate the effects of the crisis on MSMEs, including suspending or extending instalment repayment of the aggrieved enterprises. MSMEDA has also smoothed out application and establishment procedures for manufacturing detergents and medical activities amid the crisis.''"

Early life and education

Gamea studied at the Faculty of Commerce at

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

. She has also worked in the National Bank of Kuwait and the National Bank of Development (NBD).

Previous positions held

* Secretary-General of the Social Fund for Development (SFD), 2016 * CEO of the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise Development Agency, 2017

References

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