Salah Abdel Maqsoud

Salah Abdel Maqsoud
Minister of Information
In office
2 August 2012 – 4 June 2013
Prime MinisterHisham Qandil
Preceded byAhmed Anis
Succeeded byDurriyah Sharaf Al Din
Personal details
Born (1958-06-13) 13 June 1958 (age 66)
Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
Political partyFreedom and Justice Party
Alma materCairo University

Salah Abdel Maqsoud (Arabic: صلاح عبد المقصود) was the minister of information of Egypt as part of the Qandil Cabinet.[1]

Early life and education

Maqsoud was born on 13 June 1958 in Sharqia Governorate.[2][3] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Cairo University in 1980.[3]

Career

Maqsoud is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.[4][5] He is a journalist,[6] and was one of the leading figures in the Journalists' Syndicate.[7] He began his journalist career in 1979[4] and mostly worked for Dar El Tahrir publication house.[5] He wrote for various Islamist magazines such as Dawa al Bashir (1985), the Banner of Islam (1987 and 1994) and Harvest of Thought (1992).[4] He also served as the head of the Arab Media Center, which is the media training center of the Muslim Brotherhood.[8]

Maqsoud became a member of the Freedom and Justice Party and worked as a spokesman during the election campaign of Mohamed Morsi.[7] He also writes articles for the website of the party.[9] He was appointed minister of information to the cabinet headed by Hisham Qandil on 2 August 2012, replacing Ahmed Anis.[5][9] He and other FJP members in the cabinet resigned from office on 4 July 2013 following the 2013 coup in Egypt.[10] His term officially ended on 16 July 2013 when the interim cabinet led by prime minister Hazem Al Beblawi was formed.[11]

References

  1. ^ Sarah Sirgany (2 August 2012). "Egypt Cabinet ministers sworn in". CNN. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. ^ "بالصور والفيديو.. الوزير المتحرش طلع اسمه "متولي".. ونشطاء: كدابين حتى في أساميهم". almogaz.com (in Arabic). 23 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b Trager, Eric. "Who's Who in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Al Shafey, Mohammed (19 September 2012). "Interview: Egypt's Information Minister Salah Abdul-Maqsoud". Asharq Al Awsat. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b c El Din, Gamal Essam (3 August 2012). "Egypt PM Qandil makes some surprise, controversial ministerial choices". Ahram Online. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  6. ^ Abdel-Rahman Hussein (2 August 2012). "Egypt swears in first post-revolution cabinet with plenty of old guard". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  7. ^ a b Shukri, Muhammad (13 August 2012). "Egypt's Brotherhood accused of trying to control media". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  8. ^ El Sayed, Nadine (1 September 2012). "Muslim Brothers in the Cabinet: The Strategic Five". Egypt Today. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  9. ^ a b Enein, Ahmed Aboul (4 August 2012). "Qandil cabinet is more Islamist than it appears". Daily News. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Egypt Brotherhood ministers present official resignations". Ahram Online. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  11. ^ Hauslohner, Abigail (16 July 2013). "Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in". The Washington Post. Cairo. Retrieved 16 July 2013.