Abdel Qawi Khalifa is an Egyptian engineer, academic, former governor of the Cairo province and former minister of water and wastewater utilities, a ministerial office established in August 2012.

Education

Khalifa holds bachelor of science and master of science degrees in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

both from Ain Shams University in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

. He also received a master of science degree in petroleum engineering from the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...

. He obtained a PhD in civil engineering from the

University of Windsor , mottoeng = Goodness, Discipline and Knowledge , established = , academic_affiliations = CARL, COU, Universities Canada , former_names = Assumption College (1857-1956)Assumption University of Windsor (1956-1963) , type = Public universi ...

in Canada.

Career

Khalifa is a university professor. He has a long experience in the fields related to water projects management and civil engineering. He served as a consultant for the hydraulics and sediment research institute at the Egyptian ministry of public works and water resources from 1988 to 1990. Then he dealt with business activities, being the owner of Khalifa Consulting Engineers (KCE) office from 1990 to 2004. He is back again to share the KCE company from 2013 until now. He worked in the public sector and served as chairman of the Egyptian Holding Company for Water and Wastewater at the Ministry of Housing from 2004 to 2011. Khalifa was appointed governor of Cairo in April 2011. He was the first Cairo governor to be appointed after the Egyptian Revolution that ousted President

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on 11 February 2011. Khalifa served in the post until August 2012. Khalifa was appointed minister of utilities, drinking water and sewage in August 2012 as part of the cabinet led by

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Hisham Qandil Hesham Mohamed Qandil (also spelled: ''Hisham Kandil''; ar, هشام محمد قنديل ; born 17 September 1962) is an Egyptian engineer and civil servant who was Prime Minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013. Qandil was appointed as Prime ...

, and was an independent minister. His tenure ended on 17 July 2013 when the interim government led by Prime Minister

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 ...

was formed.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khalifa, Abdel 21st-century Egyptian politicians Ain Shams University alumni Egyptian businesspeople Egyptian engineers Government ministers of Egypt Living people National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians Qandil Cabinet University of Pittsburgh University of Windsor alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Governors of Cairo