Salah Abdel Moamen | |
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Minister of Agriculture and Lands Reclamation | |
In office 2 August 2012 – 7 May 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Hisham Qandil |
Succeeded by | Ahmed Gezawi |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | University of Texas |
Salah Mohammad Abdel Moamen or Momen was the Egypt's minister of agriculture and lands reclamation from 2012 to 2013.
Moamen holds a PhD in plant pathology from the University of Texas.[1]
Moamen served the president of the institute of plant pathology research and as the vice president of the agricultural research centre.[1] Then he became the president of the research center.[2][3] He was appointed minister of agriculture and lands reclamation to the Qandil cabinet in August 2012.[4] He is one of the independent and non-political appointees in the cabinet.[5] On 7 May 2013, he was succeeded by Ahmed Gezawi in the post in a cabinet reshuffle.[6][7]