Ministry of Information (Egypt)
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Ministry of Information is the ministry in charge of media and information in Egypt.
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History and profile
The ministry was established in 1982 and it is the successor of the ministry of national guidance.[1] Before its foundation the ministry of culture and information also dealt with the duties later held by it.[2]
The ministry was abolished in February 2011[3][4] when the new cabinet was created under Prime Minister Essam Sharaf after his predecessor Ahmed Shafiq resigned.[5] It was reestablished in July 2011 and Osama Heikal was appointed minister of information.[4]
The headquarters of the ministry is in Cairo.
List of Egyptian Ministers of Information (incomplete)
- Mansour Hassan (1979-1981; as minister of culture and information)[2]
- Safwat El-Sherif (1981-2004)[6]
- Anas el-Fiqqi (2004-2011)
- Osama Heikal (2011-2012)
- Salah Abdel Maqsoud (2012-2013)
- Dorreya Sharaf El-Din (July 2013-June 2014)[3]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (22 December 2012). Sadat's last minister of information dies, Al-Ahram
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- ↑ Hammond, Andrew. Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, p. 79 (2005)
