Hossam Eisa
{{short description|Egyptian politician and academic}}
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| office = Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education
| primeminister = Hazem Al Beblawi
| predecessor = Mostafa Mussad (Minister of Higher Education)
| successor = Wael El-Degwi (Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research)
| term_start = 16 July 2013
| term_end = 1 March 2014
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| party = Nasserist Party (formerly)
Constitution Party (until March 2013)
| alma_mater = University of Sorbonne
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| nationality = Egyptian
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Hossam Eisa is an Egyptian politician and academic. He served as deputy prime minister and minister of higher education of Egypt from July 2013 until 1 March 2014.
Education
Eisa holds a PhD in law from the University of Sorbonne in France.{{cite news
|title=Academics get key posts in caretaker government|url=http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130719083126238|access-date=20 October 2013|work=University World News (Issue no: 281)|date=19 July 2013
|author=Ashraf Khaled}}
Career
Eisa was a member of the Nasserist Party. He worked as a law professor and taught at Ain Shams University in Egypt and at the Algerian universities.{{cite news|title=Military could dictate Egypt assembly form|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/04/22/Military-could-dictate-Egypt-assembly-form/UPI-92791335120273/|access-date=20 October 2013|work=United Press International|date=22 April 2012
|location=Cairo}} Following the ouster of former President Hosni Mobarak, he became one of the founders of the Egyptian Initiative for Prevention of Corruption in 2011.{{cite news|title=Nominating a businessman as minister stirs Egyptian bad memories|newspaper=Ahram Online
|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/16758/Business/Economy/Nominating-a-businessman-as-minister-stirs-Egyptia.aspx|access-date=20 October 2013|date=20 July 2011|author=Salma Wardani}} During the same period he was the attorney of Asmaa Mahfouz, an Egyptian activist who had organized the 18-day uprising, forcing the ouster of President Mobarak in February 2011.{{cite news|title=Egypt's military rulers drop charges against 2 activists for criticizing military|access-date=20 October 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=18 August 2011|author=Leila Fadel
|url=http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2011/08/egypts_military_rulers_drop_ch.html}}
He cofounded the Constitution Party with Mohamed El Baradei in April 2012.{{cite news|title=ElBaradei launches Constitution Party alongside revolutionary activists and figures|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/40350/Egypt/ElBaradei-launches-the-Constitution-Party-alongsid.aspx|access-date=20 October 2013|work=Ahram Online|date=28 April 2012|author=Salma Shukrallah}} He served as the head of party's steering committee.{{cite news|title=Hossam Eissa leaves Al-Dostour Party
|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/03/22/hossam-eissa-leaves-al-dostour-party/|access-date=20 October 2013|work=Daily News Egypt|date=22 March 2013|author=Hend Kortam}} However, he left the party in March 2013 due to internal conflicts.{{cite news|title=Dostour Party leader resigns in protest against corruption
|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/dostour-party-leader-resigns-protest-against-corruption|access-date=20 October 2013|newspaper=Egypt Independent|date=21 March 2013|author=Tahseen Bakr}}
On 16 July 2013, Eisa was appointed both deputy prime minister for social justice and minister of higher education in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hazem Al Beblawi.{{cite news|title=Who's who: Egypt's full interim Cabinet|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/76609.aspx
|access-date=20 October 2013|work=Ahram Online|date=17 July 2013}} He succeeded Mostafa Mussad as minister of higher education.{{cite news|title=Higher education still suffering after the revolution
|url=http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130606161959301|access-date=20 October 2013
|work=University World News|date=8 June 2013|author=Nadia El Awady}} Eisa's term as cabinet member ended in February 2014 when the cabinet resigned.{{cite news|author1=Kareem Fahim|author2=Mayy El Sheikh|title=Government and Premier of Egypt Quit in Abrupt Move|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/world/middleeast/egypts-prime-minister-resigns.html?_r=0|accessdate=8 September 2014|work=The New York Times|date=25 February 2014|location=Cairo}}
Views
Ahram Online describes Eisa as a Nasserist politician. He holds a leftist political stance.{{cite book|author=Mahmoud Hamad|title=Judges and Generals in the Making of Modern Egypt: How Institutions Sustain and Undermine Authoritarian Regimes|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-108-42552-0| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o5VuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA246|location=Cambridge|page=246}} During the Mohammad Morsi era, he was among the major opposition figures and he advocated for the state to play a determining role in leading the economy, criticizing neo-liberal policies of the Qandil government.{{cite web|title=Leftist Opposition Figures Slam IMF Egypt Loan, Call for State-Led Economy
|url=http://portside.org/2013-04-16/leftist-opposition-figures-slam-imf-egypt-loan-call-state-led-economy|work=Ahram Online|access-date=20 October 2013|date=8 April 2013}}
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century Egyptian politicians
Category:2013 Egyptian coup d'état
Category:Academic staff of Ain Shams University
Category:Deputy prime ministers of Egypt
Category:Egyptian expatriates in France
Category:Higher education ministers of Egypt
Category:People of the Egyptian revolution of 2011