Sahar Nasr ( ar, سحر نصر, born in 1964) is an Egyptian politician who served as the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt (2015–2019).

Education and career

Born in 1964, Nasr graduated from the

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in 1985 with a degree in economics and mathematics, and in 1990 received a master's degree. In 1993–1995, she worked in the

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of Egypt. In 1995–1996, she worked as a consultant on the

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audit company privatization project. She obtained her PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science,

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 ...

in November 2002, to become a professor at the American University since then. In the years 2002–2011, she worked as Associate Professor, Department of Economics, American and

British University in Egypt The British University in Egypt (BUE) is a private Egyptian university in Al Shorouk City, Cairo, Egypt. Founded in September 2005, through an inter governmental agreement, the university provides a British style of education and awards degree ...

. In 1996–2014, she became a leading expert, chief economist, coordinator, regional director of the

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Fund.A proper summary of the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation
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/ref> In 2021, she became a professor at the Al-Yamamah University, Saudi Arabia. She also became a board member in the " Egyptian Zakat & Charity House" in 2021 and Helios Fairfax Partners in 2022.Sahar Nasr
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References

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