Reda Hegazy

{{Short description|Egyptian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Reda Hegazy

| native_name = رِضا حجازي

| birthname = Reda el Sayed Mahmoud Hegazy

| image = رضا حجازي.jpg

| order =

| office = Minister of Education and Technical Education

| primeminister = Mostafa Madbouly

| predecessor = Tarek Shawki

| president = Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

| term_start = 13 August 2022

| term_end = 2 July 2024{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.cairo24.com/2035500}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|12|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Egypt

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Mansoura University

}}

Reda Hegazy ({{langx|ar|رِضا حجازي}}; born 4 December 1959) was the Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education in the cabinet headed by Mostafa Madbouly in succession of Tarek Shawki.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-13 |title=رضا حجازى وزيرًا للتربية والتعليم (بروفايل) |url=https://www.dostor.org/4151909 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=جريدة الدستور |language=ar-eg}}{{Cite web |title=Who's who: Meet Egypt's 13 new ministers - Politics - Egypt |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/473106.aspx |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Ahram Online}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-13 |title=Cabinet Reshuffle: New minister announced for Education portfolio |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/118354/Cabinet-Reshuffle-New-minister-announced-for-Education-portfolio |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=EgyptToday}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-15 |title=Egypt to continue implementing the new educational system: Minister |url=https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-to-continue-implementing-the-new-educational-system-minister/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Egypt Independent |language=en-US}}

Before appointing, Hegazy had long held the position of deputy minister of education at the Ministry of Education.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-13 |title=Profile: Who is Hesham Amna, the new minister of local development? |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/118351/Profile-Who-is-Hesham-Amna-the-new-minister-of-local |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=EgyptToday}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-13 |title=Egypt Announces Cabinet Reshuffle Introducing 13 New Ministers {{!}} Egyptian Streets |url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/08/13/egypt-announces-cabinet-reshuffle-introducing-13-new-ministers/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |language=en-US}}

In September 2023, Hegazy as Minister of Education announced plans for schools to Ban female students from wearing niqab.{{Cite web |title=Egypt bans niqab in schools |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-bans-niqab-schools |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Uras |first=Umut |title=Egyptians divided over recent niqab ban at schools |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/12/egyptians-divided-over-recent-niqab-ban-at-schools |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=Egypt bans face veil in schools for upcoming academic year |url=https://www.wionews.com/world/egypt-bans-face-veil-in-schools-for-upcoming-academic-year-635153 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=WION |language=en-us}}