Mohamed Abdel Latif

Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Latif (born 20 June 1972) is the Minister of Education of Egypt in Mostafa Madbouly’s second ministry since 3 July 2024.{{Cite web |date=3 July 2024 |title=Who is Who: Meet 20 fresh faces in Egypt new cabinet - Politics - Egypt |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/526535.aspx |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Ahram Online}}{{Cite web |date=3 July 2024 |title=Dr. Mohamed Abdel Latif takes the constitutional oath as Minister of Education and Technical Education |url=https://moe.gov.eg/en/what-s-on/news/oath/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=moe.gov.eg |language=en}}

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| office = Minister of Education

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| president = Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

| term_start = 3 July 2024

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| predecessor = Reda Hegazy

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| birth_date = 20 June 1972

| birth_place = Cairo, Republic of Egypt

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| name = Mohamed Abdel Latif
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| parents = Ahmed Abdel Latif (Father)
Nermine Ismail (mother)

| relations = Ahmad Ismail Ali (Grandfather)

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Early life and education

Abdel Latif was born in Cairo in June 1972.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-04 |title=السيرة الذاتية لوزير التربية والتعليم الجديد الدكتور محمد عبد اللطيف |trans-title="Biography of the new Minister of Education, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Latif" |url=https://khalfelhadth.com/15606 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=خلف الحدث |language=ar-eg}} He is the son of Nermin Ismail, the owner of NIS and the daughter of Ahmed Ismail, a commander of the 1973 war.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-04 |title=نرمين إسماعيل.. 9 معلومات عن والدة وزير التعليم الجديد |trans-title=Narmin Ismail.. 9 facts about the mother of the new Minister of Education |url=https://www.egypttelegraph.com/article/53986/%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84-9-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=تليجراف مصر |language=ar}} At the age of 13, he travelled to the United States to complete his studies.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-02 |title=من بائع جرائد لحقيبة التعليم.. من هو محمد عبد اللطيف؟ |trans-title=From a newspaper seller to "..." education... Who is Mohamed Abdel Latif? |url=https://www.egypttelegraph.com/article/53333/%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B9-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=تليجراف مصر |language=ar}}{{Cite web |title=عمل «بائع جرائد وويتر».. من هو محمد عبداللطيف وزير التربية والتعليم الجديد؟ {{!}} المصري اليوم |trans-title="Working as a 'newspaper seller and a waiter'... Who is Mohamed Abdel Latif, the new Minister of Education? |url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/3205459 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.almasryalyoum.com |language=ar}} He worked as a waiter in restaurants and a newspaper seller. Abdel Latif obtained a master’s degree in educational development from Lawrence University in the United States in 2012,{{Cite web |title=السيرة الذاتية الرسمية لوزير التربية والتعليم الدكتور محمد عبد اللطيف |trans-title=Official biography of the Minister of Education, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Latif |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF+%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%81&oq=%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggBEEUYOzIGCAAQRRg5MgYIARBFGDsyBggCEEUYOzIGCAMQRRg7MgYIBBBFGDwyBggFEEUYPDIGCAYQRRg80gEIMTA3NWowajSoAgKwAgE&client=ms-android-oppo-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#ip=1 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.google.com |language=Ar}}{{Cite web |title=بدأ حياته بائع جرائد.. من هو الدكتور محمد عبد اللطيف وزير التربية والتعليم؟ (فيديو) |trans-title=He started his life as a newspaper vendor. Who is Dr. Mohamed Abdel Latif, Minister of Education? |url=https://aleqaria.com.eg/post/details/211381/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=aleqaria.com.eg |language=ar}} and a doctorate from Cardiff City University in the United States. which is a fake Ph.D.{{Cite web |date=4 July 2024 |title=Egypt's new education minister has a 'fake' PhD |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-new-education-minister-fake-phd |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Mansour |first=Thaer |date=8 July 2024 |title=New education minister's 'fake PhD' scandal rocks Egypt |url=https://newarab.com/news/new-education-ministers-fake-phd-scandal-rocks-egypt |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240904230446/https://www.newarab.com/news/new-education-ministers-fake-phd-scandal-rocks-egypt |archive-date=2024-09-04 |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The New Arab |language=en-EN}}{{Cite web |last=Barakat |first=Shereif |date=2024-07-07 |title=Egypt’s Education Minister on Fake PhD Allegations: I Enrolled in Online Studies {{!}} Egyptian Streets |url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2024/07/07/egypts-education-minister-on-fake-phd-allegations-i-enrolled-in-online-studies/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |language=en-US}}

Career

Mohamed Abdel Latif served as a member of the Board of Directors of the “Future International” company working in the field of education.{{Cite web |last=Egypt |first=Daily News |date=2024-07-03 |title=Mohamed Abdel Latif sworn in as Egypt's Minister of Education |url=https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2024/07/03/mohamed-abdel-latif-sworn-in-as-egypts-minister-of-education/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Dailynewsegypt |language=en-US}} He was the Executive Director of the Nermin Ismail Schools Group, and the Managing Director of the “Advances Education” Company for the equivalency of American school certificates.

On 3 July 2024, Mohamed Abdel Latif was elected as the minister of Education of Egypt,{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=الرئيس السيسى يكلف مصطفى مدبولى بتشكيل حكومة جديدة |trans-title=President Sisi assigns Mostafa Madbouly to form a new government |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2024/6/3/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89-%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D9%81-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9/6597445 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}} and made many changes in the educational system of Egypt.{{Cite web |title=«تصعيد وتكليف وإعادة الثقة».. وزير التعليم يجري حركة تغييرات داخل ديوان عام الوزارة {{!}} المصري اليوم |trans-title="Escalation, Assignment and Restoring Confidence"... The Minister of Education Makes Changes Within the Ministry's General Office |url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/3293961 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.almasryalyoum.com |language=ar}} He proposed a new "Egyptian Baccalaureate Certificate System" designed to reduce the academic burden on students and align with international educational standards.{{Cite web |last=فكري |first=أميرة |date=2025-01-19 |title=وزير التعليم: نظام البكالوريا لن يطبق إلا بعد تشريعه من مجلس النواب |trans-title=Minister of Education: The baccalaureate system will not be implemented until it is legislated by the House of Representatives |url=https://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/7792820 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=الوطن |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last=للإعلام |first=الهيئة الوطنية |date=2025-01-19 |title=عبداللطيف: نظام البكالوريا هو مشروع لتطوير الثانوية العامة ليتواكب مع العصر |trans-title="Abdel Latif: The baccalaureate system is a project to develop high school to keep up with the modern time." |url=https://www.maspero.eg/egypt/2025/01/19/836889/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=ماسبيرو - الهيئة الوطنية للإعلام |language=ar-EG}}

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