Hisham Arafat

{{Short description|Egyptian politician (1964/1965–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hisham Arafat

| native_name = {{nobold|هشام عرفات}}

| birthname =

| image = هشام عرفات.png

| order =

| office = Minister of Transport

| primeminister = Sherif Ismail
Mostafa Madbouly

| president = Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

| term_start = 16 February 2017

| term_end = 27 February 2019

| predecessor = Galal Saeed

| successor = Kamel al-Wazir

| birth_date = 1964/1965{{Cite web |title=Hisham Arafat « "Egypt，gateway to BRICA" |url=http://events.eba.org.eg/speakers/hisham-arafat/ |access-date=30 May 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224163928/http://events.eba.org.eg/speakers/hisham-arafat/ |url-status=dead }}

| birth_place = United Arab Republic

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|5|15|60|df=y}}

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Ain Shams University

| native_name_lang = ar

| caption = Arafat in 2021

}}

Hisham Arafat ({{langx|ar|هشام عرفات}}; 1964/1965 – 15 May 2024) was an Egyptian politician who was Transport Minister in the cabinet headed by Sherif Ismail from 19 February 2017 to 27 February 2019 (in succession to Minister Galal Saeed) and resigned shortly after the Ramses Station rail disaster.{{Cite web |date=27 May 2021 |title=Egypt appoints military officer as transportation minister |url=https://apnews.com/article/cairo-middle-east-egypt-transportation-abdel-fattah-el-sissi-94cd2d4efce845729e4bb58adae7c635 |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Declan |last2=Ezzidin |first2=Toqa |date=27 February 2019 |title=At Least 20 Killed in Fiery Crash at Cairo Train Station |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/world/middleeast/cairo-fire-train-station-egypt.html |access-date=30 May 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |date=27 February 2019 |title=Egypt's transport minister resigns after deadly Cairo train crash |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-fire-resignation-idUSKCN1QG1S3 |access-date=29 May 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Transport Minister Hisham Arafat Archives |url=https://www.egyptindependent.com/tag/transport-minister-hisham-arafat/ |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=Egypt Independent |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Egypt's Transportation Minister resigns over fatal train accident - Politics - Egypt |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/326311/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-Transportation-Minister-resigns-over-fatal-.aspx |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=Ahram Online}}