Mahmoud Balbaa | |
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Minister of Electricity and Energy | |
In office 3 August 2012 – 5 January 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Hisham Qandil |
Preceded by | Hassan Younes |
Succeeded by | Ahmed Imam |
Personal details | |
Born | Damanhour, El Behera, Egypt | 30 January 1952
Political party |
National Democratic Party (Formerly) Independent |
Children | 3 boys |
Mahmoud Saad Balbaa (born 30 January 1952) is an Egyptian engineer, businessman and former minister of electricity and energy in the Qandil cabinet.
Balbaa was a member of the now disbanded National Democratic Party. [1] An engineer by training, [2] he was appointed head of the Egyptian Electric Holding Company in 2011. [1] Therefore, he was the man in direct charge of the electricity of the country. [1] He stated in February 2012 that Egypt was ready to supply additional power to the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas would sign off on the deal. [3] He also worked closely with the former minister of electricity and energy Hassan Younes to realize Banha's electricity generation projects, which would be provided and installed by a coalition of Japanese companies, such as Hitachi and Toyota. [4]
He was appointed the Egypt's minister of electricity and energy in August 2012, [5] [6] replacing Hassan Younes. [4] He was one of the senior figures in Egyptian holding companies and independent figures appointed to the ministerial post in the cabinet. [2] [1] [7] Balbaa was replaced by Ahmed Imam in a cabinet reshuffle on 5 January 2012. [8] [9]
Mahmoud Balbaa | |
---|---|
Minister of Electricity and Energy | |
In office 3 August 2012 – 5 January 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Hisham Qandil |
Preceded by | Hassan Younes |
Succeeded by | Ahmed Imam |
Personal details | |
Born | Damanhour, El Behera, Egypt | 30 January 1952
Political party |
National Democratic Party (Formerly) Independent |
Children | 3 boys |
Mahmoud Saad Balbaa (born 30 January 1952) is an Egyptian engineer, businessman and former minister of electricity and energy in the Qandil cabinet.
Balbaa was a member of the now disbanded National Democratic Party. [1] An engineer by training, [2] he was appointed head of the Egyptian Electric Holding Company in 2011. [1] Therefore, he was the man in direct charge of the electricity of the country. [1] He stated in February 2012 that Egypt was ready to supply additional power to the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas would sign off on the deal. [3] He also worked closely with the former minister of electricity and energy Hassan Younes to realize Banha's electricity generation projects, which would be provided and installed by a coalition of Japanese companies, such as Hitachi and Toyota. [4]
He was appointed the Egypt's minister of electricity and energy in August 2012, [5] [6] replacing Hassan Younes. [4] He was one of the senior figures in Egyptian holding companies and independent figures appointed to the ministerial post in the cabinet. [2] [1] [7] Balbaa was replaced by Ahmed Imam in a cabinet reshuffle on 5 January 2012. [8] [9]