H.E. Mr. Ashraf El Arabi
Chair of the Africa Regional Forum and Minister of Planning and Administrative Reform, Egypt
H.E. Ashraf El-Araby was appointed Egypt’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation in March 2014.
Previously, he served as the Minister of Planning under Dr. Hazem El Beblawy in 2013 and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation under the Cabinet headed by Dr. Hesham Kandil in 2012. He was appointed as a senior economist of the Minister’s Technical Office at the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2006, and became advisor to the Ministry of Planning and head of the Minister's Technical Office until 2011. Prior to working for the ministry, Dr. El-Araby served as an economic expert at the Arab Planning Institute (API) in Kuwait and as an economic expert at the Institute of National Planning.
Previously, he served as the Minister of Planning under Dr. Hazem El Beblawy in 2013 and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation under the Cabinet headed by Dr. Hesham Kandil in 2012. He was appointed as a senior economist of the Minister’s Technical Office at the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2006, and became advisor to the Ministry of Planning and head of the Minister's Technical Office until 2011. Prior to working for the ministry, Dr. El-Araby served as an economic expert at the Arab Planning Institute (API) in Kuwait and as an economic expert at the Institute of National Planning.