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Mohammad Rashad Al Matini

Mohammad Rashad Al Matini
Minister of Transportation
In office
2 August 2012 – 17 November 2012
Prime MinisterHesham Qandil
Preceded byGalal Saeed
Succeeded byHatem Abdel Latif
Personal details
NationalityEgyptian
Political partyIndependent

Mohammad Rashad Al Matini is Egypt's former minister of transportation from 2 August 2012 until his resignation in the aftermath of the Manfalut railway accident on 17 November 2012.[1]

Career

Al Matini worked as a professor of civil engineering at Cairo University.[2] He also served as a consultant at different ministries related to his field of speciality.[3]

He was appointed minister of transportation in the Qandil cabinet on 2 August 2012,[4] replacing Galal Saeed.[5] It was the first governmental post of Al Matini who had no political affiliation.[6] On 17 November 2012, a train crashed with a school bus, killing more than 40 school-age children and injuring others in Assiut governorate. Upon this event, Al Matini submitted his resignation to President Mohammad Morsi.[1] Rashad was replaced by Hatem Abdel Latif on 5 January 2013 in a cabinet reshuffle.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Egyptian school bus crashes with train, killing 50, transportation minister resigns". Xinhua News Agency. Cairo. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Egypt's newly appointed cabinet" (PDF). American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Egypt's government: It's time to get to know the ministers". Egypt Business. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Meet Hisham Qandil's new Egypt cabinet". Ahram Online. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  5. ^ Walid Abdelazim (22 July 2012). "Corruption allegations against Ministry of Transportation". Daily News. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  6. ^ Ahmed Aboul Enein (11 August 2012). "The insiders: ministry officials who finally got the big job". Daily News. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Egypt's cabinet reshuffle to see new interior, finance ministers". Ahram Online. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
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