Salah Abdel Moamen

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]