Ahmed Abdeen

Ahmed Zaki Abdeen or Abdin is a retired Egyptian military officer and former minister of state for local development in the Qandil cabinet.

Ahmed Abdeen
Minister of State for Local Development
In office
2 August 2012 – 5 January 2012
Prime MinisterHisham Qandil
Preceded byMohamed Attia
Succeeded byMohammed Ali Beshr
Personal details
NationalityEgyptian
Political partyIndependent

Career

Abdeen is a retired military general.[1][2] He was appointed head of Dar El-Hayaa El-Handasia which is affiliated with the armed forces. He also worked as an engineer officer in Egypt's Armed Forces[3] and a military attaché at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, D.C. from 1993 to 1995.[1] He then served as the head of the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, and of the CCAMLR construction cooperatives. He was appointed governor of Beni Suef in 2006.[3] Then he was named as the governor of Kafr El-Sheikh in 2008.[1][4] He retained his post in the August 2011 reshuffle of governors and it led to protests due Abdeen's alleged close link to National Democratic Party.[5]

He was appointed minister of state for local development on 2 August 2012, replacing Mohamed Attia.[6][7] His major function in this post was to maintain a link between the central government and all the regional governors and assemblies.[1] The other main function of him was to organize local council elections.[1] When he was in office, his proposal to close down shops at 10 pm in Egypt led to controversy.[8] This controversial proposal was not put into effect.[8] Abdeen was replaced by Mohammed Ali Beshr as minister of state for local development in a cabinet reshuffle on 5 January 2013.[8]

References
  1. Enein, Ahmed Aboul (8 August 2012). "Qandil's faux independents". Daily News. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. "Egypt's government: It's time to get to know the ministers". Egypt Business. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  3. "Meet Hisham Qandil's new Egypt cabinet". Ahram Online. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. "Egypt's Newly Appointed Cabinet Ministers" (PDF). American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  5. Gamal Essam El Din (7 August 2011). "Opposition slams new governor appointments". Ahram Online. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  6. Enein, Ahmed Aboul (1 August 2012). "A closer look at Qandil's cabinet". Daily News. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  7. El Din, Gamal Essam. "Technocrats outnumber Islamists in Egypt's new Qandil government". Ahram Online. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  8. "Egypt's cabinet reshuffle to see new interior, finance ministers". Ahram Online. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.


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