Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 9

28-Feb-2011

EGYPT

Latif Named New Petroleum Minister For Egypt

The Chairman of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), Mahmud Latif, has been named as Egypts new Minister of Petroleum, replacing Sameh Fahmy, who held the post since 1999. In that year, Mr Latif was appointed to the post of Vice-Chairman for Natural Gas at the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) by Mr Fahmy. Mr Latif graduated from the Engineering Faculty of Cairo...