Mohammed Ali Beshr
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Mohammed Ali Beshr | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Local Development | |
| In office 5 January 2012 – 4 July 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Hisham Qandil |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Abdeen |
| Succeeded by | Adel Labib |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1951 Kafr Mansha Qiwisna |
| Party | Freedom and Justice Party |
| Alma mater | Menoufia University Colorado State University |
Mohammed Ali Beshr (also, Bishr; Arabic: محمد على بشر Egyptian Arabic: [mæˈħæmmæd ˈʕæli beʃɾ, bɪʃɾ]; born 14 February 1951) is an Egyptian politician who served as minister of state for local development from 5 January to 4 July 2013. He is one of the prominent figures of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
Beshr was born in Kafr Mansha Qiwisna, Menoufia Governorate in Egypt, on 14 February 1951.[1] He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering, which he received from Menoufia University in 1974.[1] He also obtained a master's degree in power engineering from Shebeen Al Koum Menoufia University in 1979 and a PhD from Colorado State University in 1984.[2]
Career
Beshr is an academic. He worked at Menoufia University and Shebeen Al Koum Menoufia University.[2] He joined the Muslim Brotherhood in 1979, and served as head of the students affairs committee, professionals committee and the administrative development committee of the group.[2] Later he became a member of the Muslim Brotherhood shura council and one of the leaders of the group.[3][4] In addition, he was charged with the Brotherhood's activities in the engineers syndicates beginning in 1997.[5] Beshr was also a member of the Brotherhood's guidance office until 2008.[6]
From 1990 to 1995 Beshr served as the parliament member of Menoufiya's first district.[5] He was a member of the Egypt's Constituent Assembly in 2012, which was responsible for drafting a new constitution.[7] In July 2012, Beshr was named as the deputy rapporteur of the assembly's government committee.[8] On 4 September 2012, Beshr was appointed governor of Menoufia.[5][9][10]
He was appointed minister of state for local development in a reshuffle to the cabinet headed by Hisham Qandil on 5 January 2013.[11] He replaced Ahmed Abdeen as minister.[12] Beshr is one of the eight members of the Freedom and Justice Party serving in the cabinet.[11] He and other FJP members in the cabinet resigned from office on 4 July 2013 following the 2013 coup in Egypt.[13] His term officially ended on 17 July 2013 when an interim government was formed.[14]