Mohamed Nasr Eldin Allam
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Prof Mohamed Nasr Eldin Allam was appointed as Egypt
ian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources by President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak
on 11 March 2009, replacing Mahmoud Abu Zeid.
He was previously Professor of Irrigation
and Drainage Engineering in the Cairo University
Faculty of Engineering, and was founder and general manager of Nile Consultants, an engineering consulting firm in Cairo
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Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources by President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak is a former Egyptian politician and military commander. He served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011....
on 11 March 2009, replacing Mahmoud Abu Zeid.
He was previously Professor of Irrigation
Irrigation
Irrigation may be defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall...
and Drainage Engineering in the Cairo University
Cairo University
Cairo University is a public university located in Giza, Egypt.The university was founded on December 21, 1908, as the result of an effort to establish a national center for educational thought...
Faculty of Engineering, and was founder and general manager of Nile Consultants, an engineering consulting firm in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
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Qualifications
- B.Sc. (1975) "Civil Engineering" Cairo University (Egypt)
- M.Sc. (1980) "Irrigated agricultural expansion planning in developing countries" Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, Cambridge (USA) - Ph.D. (1982) "Irrigated agricultural expansion: investment scheduling, income redistribution & resilient system design" Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (USA)