Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin (born 30 August 1964) is an Egyptian economist, commercial lawyer and politician.

Biography

Ziad Bahaa-Eldin was born on 30 August 1964 and is the son of the journalist and writer Ahmad Baha-Eldin. He was educated 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 ...

(Law, 1986), the American University in Cairo (Economics, 1987), King's College London (LLM, 1989) and the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...

(PhD, 1996). Baha Eddin practiced as a lawyer, held several government positions related to finance and law, and served as a lecturer at the Law Faculty of

. From 2004 to 2007 he was the chairman of the Egyptian Investment Authority. In 2008 he became the head of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority, a government agency that supervises Egypt's non-banking financial transactions and markets.Egypt gets new deputy prime minister
''Al Arabiya'', 12 July 2013. He has served as an International Advisor at Goldman Sachs. Following the overthrow of

Hosni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in ...

in 2011, he was one of the founders of the

Egyptian Social Democratic Party The Egyptian Social Democratic Party ( ar-at, الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى, al-Ḥizb al-Maṣrī al-Dimuqrāṭī al-Ijtmāʿī, ) is a social liberal and a social democratic party in Egypt. It was founded aft ...

and was a member of

parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

. News reports on 7 July 2013 stated that he was likely to be appointed interim prime minister by the authorities that seized power in the

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, though this appointment was blocked within the post-coup coalition by the Salafist

Al Nour Party ) , foundation = , newspaper = The New Light , headquarters = 601 Horrya Way, Zezenia, Alexandria , ideology = SalafismIslamismWahhabismMadkhalism , position = Far-right , colours = Blue, red, wh ...

.Egypt’s Salafist party rejects choices for premier, vice-president
''Al Arabiya'', 8 July 2013. On 12 July 2013

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reported that he had been chosen as Egypt's interim deputy prime minister. After his appointment he suspended his membership in the Social Democratic Party. He resigned on 27 January 2014.

References

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