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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]
Mohammad Rashad Al Matini | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Transportation | |
| In office 2 August 2012 – 17 November 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Hesham Qandil |
| Preceded by | Galal Saeed |
| Succeeded by | Hatem Abdel Latif |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Political party | Independent |
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.[1] Rashad was replaced by Hatem Abdel Latif on 5 January 2013 in a cabinet reshuffle.[7]
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