Ministry of Higher education ( Egypt ) - wikipedia Ministry of Higher education ( Egypt ) Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Higher Education Emblem of Egypt Agency overview Formed 9 November 1961 ; 56 years ago ( 1961 - 11 - 09 ) Jurisdiction Egypt Headquarters Cairo Agency executive Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister Website Official website The Ministry of Higher Education is one of the governmental bodies of Egypt and part of the cabinet. Contents 1 History 2 Organization and activities 3 References 4 External links History The ministry was established on 9 November 1961, when university education in Egypt became free. Between March 2011 and June 2013 the ministry had seven different ministers. Amr Ezzat Salama was one the ministers during this period. Mostafa Mussad served as minister of higher education from August 2012 to July 2013 when Hossam Eisa replaced him in the post. The ministry was headed by El Sayed Abdel Khalek between June 2014 and September 2015. He was replaced by Ashraf El - Shihy in the post. In February 2017, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar was appointed to head the ministry. Organization and activities The major function of the ministry, based in Cairo, is to develop, implement and monitor all the higher education - related policies. The ministry is responsible for the educational activities of the universities, both public and private, in the country. The ministry realizes this function through three executive bodies, namely the Supreme Council of Universities, the Supreme Council of Private Universities and the Supreme Council of Technical Institutions. In addition, the ministry supervises the Academy of the Arabic Language and the National Committee of UNESCO. The ministry has international bureaus, including the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau in Washington DC. References ^ Jump up to : `` Ministry of Higher Education '' ( PDF ). Ipoque. Retrieved 20 October 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Ministry of Higher Education ''. Centre for Social Innovation. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Jump up ^ Mariz Tudros ( 18 -- 24 March 1999 ). `` Unity in diversity ''. Al Ahram Weekly. 421. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2013. ^ Jump up to : Nadia El Awady ( 8 June 2013 ). `` Higher education still suffering after the revolution ''. University World News. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Jump up ^ Mark Allen Peterson ( 10 November 2011 ). `` Egypt 's media ecology in a time of revolution ''. Eurasia Review. Retrieved 7 October 2014. Jump up ^ Ashraf Khaled ( 9 August 2012 ). `` Islamist professor becomes higher education minister ''. University World News. Retrieved 23 January 2014. Jump up ^ `` Egypt 's interim president swears in first government ''. Ahram Online. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` New government swears in ''. Cairo Post. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Meet Egypt 's New Government ''. Egyptian Streets. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014. Jump up ^ `` Egypt 's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi ''. Ahram Online. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015. Jump up ^ Sarah El - Sheikh ( 14 February 2017 ). `` Parliament approves new cabinet reshuffle of nine ministries ''. Daily News Egypt. ^ Jump up to : `` Higher education in Egypt '' ( PDF ). European Commission. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Message from director ''. Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau. Retrieved 20 October 2013. External links Ministry of Higher Education Official website List of Egyptian Ministries Current Ministries Prime Minister Agriculture and Land Reclamation Antiquities Awqaf ( Endowment ) Civil Aviation Communications and Information Technology Culture Defence Education and Technical Education Electricity and Energy Environment Finance Foreign Affairs Health and Population Higher Education and Scientific Research Housing, Utilities and Urban Development Trade and Industry International Cooperation and Investment Interior Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Local Development Manpower and Migration Military Production Petroleum Planning and Administrative Reform Social Solidarity Supply and Internal Trade Tourism Transportation Water Resources and Irrigation Youth and Sports Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Higher_Education_(Egypt)&oldid=785282869 '' Categories : 1961 establishments in Egypt Education ministries Government ministries of Egypt Ministries established in 1961 Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Edit links This page was last edited on 12 June 2017, at 17 : 06 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: minister of higher education and scientific research egypt
Answer: Khaled Abdel Ghaffar