Samir Radwan
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Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Acting)
Samir Radwan | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 31 January 2011 – 17 July 2011 | |
| President | Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Shafik |
| Preceded by | Youssef Boutros Ghali |
| Succeeded by | Hazem Al Beblawi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Koum Hamada, Beheira, Egypt |
| Alma mater | Cairo University University of London |
Samir Radwan (Arabic: سمير رضوان) is an Egyptian politician who served in the government of Egypt as Minister of Finance from January 2011 to July 2011. He is an economist with a liberal viewpoint, interested in employment and human development issues.[1]
Radwan received his BSc from Cairo University, moving onto the School of Oriental and African Studies for an MSc in the economics of underdeveloped countries—his thesis was on import substitution industrialization—and the University of London for a PhD on capital formation in Egyptian industry and agriculture from 1882 to 1967, marking the British occupation of Egypt and the Arabs' defeat in the Six Day War with Israel, respectively. The process, as well as facilitating epistemological growth, enabled him to empathize with such figures as Mohammed Ali, ruler of Egypt, and the nationalist industrial entrepreneur Talaat Harb.
