Gihane Zaki
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Gihane Zaki (born 1966 in Cairo[1]) is an Egyptian Egyptologist. Until 1993 she studied at the Helwan University (Egypt) and from 1995 to 2000 as a doctoral student at Lumière University Lyon 2 in France.[2] She was representing the Egyptian government at the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage[3] and was the director of the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts in Rome from 2013 to 2019.[4] Gihane Zaki is the author of several research publications. In 2021 she was appointed member of the House of Representatives of Egypt by the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[5] In May 2024 she was appointed head of the Grand Egyptian Museum.[5]
She was appointed Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2009.[2] 2025 she received the Legion of Honour award (Légion d’Honneur).[6] In February 2026 she was appointed to the position of the Culture Minister of Egypt.[7]