Fayyad Abdel Moneim
{{Short description|Egyptian academic and economist (born 1957)}}
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|office = Minister of Finance
|primeminister = Hesham Qandil
|president = Mohamad Morsi
|term_start = 7 May 2013
|term_end = 16 July 2013
|predecessor = Morsi El Sayed Hegazy
|successor = Ahmed Galal
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}}
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|party = Independent
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|alma_mater = Al Azhar University
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Fayyad Abdel Moneim (born 1957) is an Egyptian academic and economist who served as finance minister briefly from 7 May to 16 July 2013.
Early life and education
Moneim was born in 1957.{{cite news|title=Who's who: Egypt's new ministers|access-date=17 June 2013|newspaper=Ahram Online
|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/70884.aspx|date=7 May 2013}} He received a bachelor's degree in commerce in 1980.{{cite news|title=Meet the ministers|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/05/07/meet-the-ministers/|access-date=17 June 2013|newspaper=Daily News|date=7 May 2013}} He holds a master's degree, which he received from Al Azhar University in 1993.{{cite news|title=Profile: Egyptian Finance Minister Fayyad Abdel Moneim|access-date=15 June 2014|agency=Reuters|date=7 May 2013
|url=http://206.132.6.105/article/topNews/idAFJOE94604120130507|archive-date=15 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615150709/http://206.132.6.105/article/topNews/idAFJOE94604120130507}} He also holds a PhD, which he again received from Al Azhar University in Islamic finance in 1999.{{cite news|author=David Kenner|title=Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF|work=Foreign Policy|date=7 May 2013|access-date=17 June 2013
|url=http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/05/07/can_egypts_islamist_finance_minister_cut_a_deal_with_the_imf}} The title of his PhD thesis is "an evaluation of the economic performance of banks, with application to the Islamic banks in Egypt."
Career
Moneim served as the manager and advisor of the Islamic Research Center at the International Islamic Investment and Development Bank in Cairo. He was also a consultant to various Islamic finance institutions. In addition, he was a financial consultant at Dar El Ifta that is a public institution, issuing fatwas (religious edicts). He served as the legal inspection committee secretary of the Islamic International Bank from 1993 to 2003. He was a member of the board of Islamic studies at the faculty of science at Cairo University.{{cite web|author=Nancy Messieh|title=Profiling Egypt's New Ministers|url=http://www.acus.org/egyptsource/profiling-egypts-new-ministers |publisher=Atlantic Council|access-date=17 June 2013|date=7 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607200358/http://www.acus.org/egyptsource/profiling-egypts-new-ministers|archive-date=7 June 2013|df=dmy}} He worked as a professor of economics at Al Azhar University until May 2013.{{cite news|title=New finance minister: budget and tax reforms are priority|newspaper=Daily News|date=8 May 2013|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/05/08/new-finance-minister-budget-and-tax-reforms-are-priority/|access-date=17 June 2013}} On 7 May 2013, he was appointed finance minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hesham Qandil.{{cite news|title=Egypt's Mursi brings more Islamists into cabinet
|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-reshuffle-idUSBRE9460AL20130507|access-date=17 June 2013|work=Reuters|date=7 May 2013}} He replaced Morsi El Sayed Hegazy in the post. Moneim's term ended on 16 July when interim government led by the Prime Minister Hazem Al Beblawi was formed.{{cite news|author=Abigail Hauslohner|title=Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in|newspaper=The Washington Post
|date=16 July 2013|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/deadly-clashes-erupt-in-cairo-after-us-diplomats-visit/2013/07/16/8fef7e1c-edff-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html|access-date=16 July 2013|location=Cairo}}
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Category:21st-century Egyptian economists
Category:Al-Azhar University alumni
Category:Academic staff of Al-Azhar University
Category:20th-century Egyptian economists