Mostafa Hussein Kamel

Mostafa Hussein Kamel Ahmed Mostafa is a Professor of Cairo University .[3] Kamel was born in Beni Suef, Egypt, on 23 March 1960.[2][4]

Kamel attended Cairo University, which he graduated from Faculty of Science in 1981 with a bachelor of science degree in geology and in 1989 a Ph.D. in geophysics.[4]

Kamel is a geophysicist[5] and taught as a professor at Cairo University's science department. He also served as the director of Cairo University's Centre for Combating Environmental Hazards and the Basel Regional Center for Training and Technology Transfer across the Arab Region from 2 August 2010 until 6 December 2011. From 19 July 2003 until 8 October 2011, Kamel served as Chairman of the Geophysics Department, Faculty of Science at Cairo University as well as the geophysics branch at the university.[1]

Kamel was sworn into former Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri's interim government, which was established after the Egyptian revolution of 2011–2012.[3] In doing so, he replaced Maged George, who had served as the minister since 2004.[1]

He retained this position in Prime Minister Qandil's Qandil Cabinet, after the Salafi Al-Nour Party declined the position, believing it to be an "insult" and not important enough.[5] He was sworn into the cabinet on 2 August 2012.[1] A number of environmentalists were dismayed over his appointment, believing that he cannot address Egypt's environment, which they said is in a "critical state" and Egyptians cannot waste "time with leftover government officials." Following his appointment to the ministry, some environmentalists who view the ministry as dangerous to the environment have proposed dismantling the ministry altogether.[5] In a cabinet reshuffle on 5 January 2013, Kamel was replaced by Khaled Abdel Aal.[6]