Mohammad Rashad

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Mohammad Rashad
Minister of Transportation
In office
2 August 2012 17 November 2012
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil
Preceded byGalal Saeed
Succeeded by Hatem Abdel Latif
Personal details
NationalityEgyptian
Political partyIndependent

Mohammad Rashad Al Matini is Egypt's former minister of transportation from 2 August 2012 until his resignation in the aftermath of the Manfalut railway accident on 17 November 2012. [1]

Career

Al Matini worked as a professor of civil engineering at Cairo University. [2] He also served as a consultant at different ministries related to his field of speciality. [3]

He was appointed minister of transportation in the Qandil cabinet on 2 August 2012, [4] replacing Galal Saeed. [5] It was the first governmental post of Al Matini who had no political affiliation. [6] On 17 November 2012, a train crashed with a school bus, killing more than 40 school-age children and injuring others in Assiut governorate. Upon this event, Al Matini submitted his resignation to President Mohammad Morsi. His resignation was accepted. [1] Rashad was replaced by Hatem Abdel Latif on 5 January 2013 in a cabinet reshuffle. [7]

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