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

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from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previously he served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in 2011. After the ouster of President

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and graduated in 1957. He obtained a postgraduate degree in economics from the

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in France in 1961. He also holds a PhD in economics, which he received from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 1964.

Career

Beblawi began his career as a lecturer at the

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in 1965 and taught economy-related courses at several universities, including the

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, until 1980. He became a manager at the Industrial Bank of Kuwait in 1980, serving there until 1983. From 1983 to 1995, he was chairman and chief executive of the Export Development Bank in Egypt. Then he worked at the

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(ESCWA) as executive secretary from 1995 to 2000. Next, he served as an advisor to the

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in Abu Dhabi from 2001 to 2011.Hazem Al Beblawi
''SIS''. 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2013. After the January–February 2011 Egyptian revolution, Beblawi became a founding member of the

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. He was appointed to the government as deputy prime minister for economic affairs, as well as minister of finance, in a

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on 17 July 2011. He succeeded

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, who had served as finance minister since January 2011. The cabinet was headed by Prime Minister

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. After nearly four months in office, Beblawi resigned from office in October 2011 when

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were killed by security forces. However, his resignation was not accepted by the ruling military council. Beblawi's tenure lasted until December 2011, when he was replaced by Momtaz Saeed as finance minister; Saeed had served as Beblawi's deputy at the Ministry of Finance. Beblawi was one of the nominees for prime minister after the

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, together with

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and Farouk El Okdah. Following the removal of President

Mohammad Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012His cabinet was sworn in on 16 July 2013. On 24 February 2014, Prime Minister Beblawi announced the resignation of his cabinet in a press conference.

Activities and views

Beblawi defended the military's crackdown on Morsi supporters after the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état as necessary and restrained in August 2013. He proposed the legal dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood on 17 August.

Works

Beblawi is the author of several books mostly about banking, finance, international trade and development. He also writes articles in a column for '' Al Ahram''. His books include: * * * Hazem Beblawi. (1984). ''The Arab Gulf Economy in a Turbulent Age''. London: Croom Helm.

Awards

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...

from France in 1992 * BEL Order of Leopold II - Commander BAR

Commander, the order of Leopold II from Belgium in 1992 * Order of the Cedar - Grand Officer (Lebanon) Ribbon

Grand Officier,

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from Lebanon in 2000

References

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