Hani Sewilam

Egyptian academic

Hani Atif Nebhan Sewilam
هاني عاطف نبهان سويلم

Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 August 2022
President	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister	Mostafa Madbouly
Preceded by	Muhammad Abdul Ati

Personal details
Born	Egypt
Alma mater	Faculty of engineering, Zagazig University^[1]^[2]

Hani Sewilam is an Egyptian academic and professor of Water Resources currently serving as minister of Irrigation. He was elected president of African Ministers’ Council of Water in 2023 for a two-year term.^[3] He was head of Heribert Nacken Institute and Director of UNESCO Chair in Hydrological Changes and Water Resources Management based in RWTH Aachen University, Germany.^[4]

Education and career

Sewilam studied for a Diploma in Water Engineering and a bachelor's degree in Environmental and Irrigation Engineering in Zagazig University, Egypt. He then proceeded to University of Southampton, United Kingdom where he earned an MSc in Environmental and Irrigation Engineering and a PhD in Water Resources Management from Aachen University, Germany.^[5] His academic interest focuses on water management, hydrology, desalination and sustainable development.

Sewilam was managing director of the Unesco Chair in Hydrological Changes and Water Resources Management at the RWTH Aachen University, German and academic director of the Department of Engineering Hydrology of Heribert Nacken Institute. Sewilan is the head of the Center for Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability (CARES) at the American University in Cairo (AUC).^[6]

He was appointed Egyptian minister of Irrigation on 13 August 2022. On 27 February 2023, African Ministers’ Council on Water elected Sewilam president of the organization for a term of two years. he took over form Carl Hermann Schlettwein, minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Resources of Namibia.^[7]

Award

Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus award 2022.^[8]

References

^ "الدكتور هاني سويلم وزير الموارد المائية والري". Al-Ahram. 2022-08-13.
^ "أكاديمي وعضو فريق مفاوضات سد النهضة.. من هو هاني سويلم وزير الري الجديد؟ - بوابة الشروق". www.shorouknews.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
^ Nigeria, Guardian (2023-02-27). "Egypt's water resources minister, Sewilam becomes AMCOW president". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Appointment of apl. Prof. Hani Sewilam as Minister of Irrigation in Egyp... - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Faculty of Civil Engineering - English". www.fb3.rwth-aachen.de. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Egypt's irrigation minister heads to US for UN 2023 Water Conference - Society - Egypt". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Unilateral measures on Ethiopian dam pose 'existential danger' on 150M citizens: Egypt". EgyptToday. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Message from the AMCOW President – African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW)". Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ Hassan, Nouran (2022-11-23). "Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sewilam received the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus award 2022". Identity Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-23.