Alaa Fouad

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Alaa El-Din Fouad (born 1965) is an Egyptian lawyer, judge and current minister of Parliamentary Affairs. [1] He served as executive director of the National Elections Authority from 2017 until his appointment as minister.

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Fouad, a trained lawyer, began his legal career as a deputy to the public prosecutor and rose through the ranks to become head of public prosecution in Cairo. [2] He was promoted to the position of a judge and appointed the head of Appeals Court serving concurrently as a member of the Judicial Inspection Unit in 2017. In same 2017, he was appointed executive director of the National Electoral Commission (NEC). [3] He remained in this position until 13 August 2022 when he was appointed mister of Parliamentary Affairs. He succeeded Omar Marwan. [4]

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References

  1. MENAFN. "Egypt- Alaa El-Din Fouad: Former judge to take over ministry of Parliamentary Affairs". menafn.com. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  2. "Who's who: Meet Egypt's new ministers after latest reshuffle - Politics - Egypt". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  3. "Biographies of Egypt's New Cabinet Ministers". American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.
  4. "Alaa El-Din Fouad: Former judge to take over ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - Dailynewsegypt". 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2023-06-24.