Sahar Nasr

Sahar Nasr
سحر نصر
Sahar Nasr in 2019
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation
In office 15 September 2015 – 22 December 2019
President	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister	Sherif Ismail
Preceded by	Najla al-Ahwani
Succeeded by	Rania El-Mashat
Personal details
Born	1964 (age 59–60)
Nationality	Egyptian
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	American University Cairo University
Website	saharnasrofficial

Sahar Nasr (Arabic: سحر نصر, born in 1964) is an Egyptian politician who served as the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation (2015–2019).^[1]

Education and career

Born in 1964, Nasr graduated from the American University in 1985 with a degree in economics and mathematics, and in 1990 received a master's degree. In 1993–1995, she worked in the American Chamber of Commerce of Egypt. In 1995–1996, she worked as a consultant on the Arthur Andersen audit company privatization project. She obtained her PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University in November 2002, to become a professor at the American University since then.^[2] In the years 2002–2011, she worked as Associate Professor, Department of Economics, American and British University in Egypt. In 1996–2014, she became a leading expert, chief economist, coordinator, regional director of the World Bank Fund.^[3][4]

In 2015–2019, she worked as Minister of Investment and International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt.^[5][6][7] In 2021, she became a professor at the Al-Yamamah University, Saudi Arabia. She also became a board member in the "Egyptian Zakat & Charity House" in 2021 and Helios Fairfax Partners in 2022.^[2]

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