Among 30 ministers, these four female ministers were sworn in on Wednesday before President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

Manal Awad Mikhail
  

Manal Awad Mikhail, 57, took the constitutional oath as the first female Minister of Local Development before President El-Sisi on Wednesday.  

Mikhail served as the first female Governor of Damietta from 1 September 2018 until July 2024.  

She also held the Deputy Governor of Giza for Community Affairs and Environmental Development position from 7 February 2015 to 30 August 2018, managing issues related to NGOs, slum development, rural development, women’s affairs, literacy, and coordination with the governor's deputies and relevant authorities. 

She earned a bachelor's degree in Veterinary Medical Sciences from Benha University in 1989; a master's degree in Veterinary Medical Sciences from Alexandria University in 1995; and a PhD in Veterinary Medical Sciences from Alexandria University in 1999. 

Mikhail received the State Encouragement Award in Agricultural Sciences in 2007. 

Mikhail served as Deputy Governor of Giza for Community Service and Environmental Development since 2015.

She also served as Deputy Director of the Veterinary Serum and Vaccine Research Institute (VSVRI) at the Ministry of Agriculture.

Her achievements include contributions to Giza becoming the first Egyptian city to join UNESCO’s Learning Cities programme in 2016.  

For these efforts, Mikhail received the UNESCO's Learning Cities Award in 2017.

In January 2019, she was named one of the 50 most influential women for her contributions to local economic development, according to a report by the Top 50 Women Forum and Amwal Al-Ghad magazine.  

Additionally, she was recognized as one of the most inspiring Arab women by UN-Habitat.

Damietta won several accolades under her leadership, including the UNESCO Learning Cities Award in 2021 and multiple government excellence awards in 2023. 

Maya Morsy
 

Maya Morsy, 50, took the oath on Wednesday as Minister of Social Solidarity replacing Nevine El-Qabbaj, who had started her helm in December 2019. 

She has served as the President of the National Council for Women (NCW) since 2016. 

In 2022, Morsy was elected by UN member states to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for the term spanning from 2023 to 2026. 

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the American University in Cairo in 1995. 

Moreover, she obtained an MBA from the City University of Seattle in 1997 and an MA in Public Administration from the same school in 1998. 

In 2008, Morsy got a PhD in Public Policy from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Cairo. 

She also served as the Regional Gender Team Leader for the Arab Region at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 2014 to 2015. 

In addition, she worked as a Project Coordinator at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) from 1999 to 2000. 

Morsy also worked as a Consultant for the Girls Education and Empowerment Project at the Ministry of Education from 1998 to 1999. 

Earlier, she served as Project Officer in Egypt at the Sustainable Human Development Platform for Action and Monitoring from 1995 to 1998. 

Rania Al-Mashat
 

Rania Al-Mashat, 49, took the oath on Wednesday as the Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation.

She has been serving as the Minister of International Cooperation since December 2019.

She was the first female Minister of Tourism in Egypt from January 2018 to December 2019.  

With over 20 years of international experience, Al-Mashat has made significant contributions in central banking, financial systems, monetary policy frameworks, international cooperation policies and strategies, sustainable development, and climate finance.

One of her notable achievements is the development of Egypt's Country Platform for the Nexus of Water, Food, and Energy (NWFE), which aims to utilize Egypt's international partnerships and mobilize climate finance to expedite the green transition.

From August 2005 until June 2016, she served as the Sub-Governor for Monetary Policy at the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), playing a pivotal role in modernizing the CBE's monetary policy strategy through structural reforms. She was instrumental in the adoption of an inflation-targeting regime, a key component of the banking sector reform program initiated in 2004.

Al-Mashat worked as a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington from 2001 to 2005 and as an Adviser to the Chief Economist from 2016 to 2018.

Furthermore, Al-Mashat participated in the country's macroeconomic management, collaborating with other ministries and government entities to design and update the macroeconomic framework.

She was the CBE's liaison with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Sovereign Rating Agencies.

She has been a board member of several financial institutions and entities, including the Egyptian Stock Exchange, the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), the Arab International Bank, and the Arab Investment Bank.  

Additionally, she represents Egypt in numerous international financial institutions, serving as Egypt's Governor at the World Bank Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, and Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa.  

Al-Mashat received several international and local awards, notably the “Most Visionary and Outstanding Minister of International Cooperation in Africa” award from the George Washington University Institute of African Studies and the GE7 Initiative in 2022.

In 2019, she was awarded the “2019 Global Champion Award” from the World Tourism and Travel Council for launching the Egypt—Tourism Reform Program that has created resilience to the sector

Al-Mashat was named one of the top 50 most influential women in the Egyptian economy in 2015 and 2020 and was selected for “Choiseul Institute 100 Africa: Economic Leaders for Tomorrow” award in 2014 and 2015.

Al-Mashat earned her BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo (AUC) in 1995.

She also holds an MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park USA on the application of macroeconomics, international economics, and monetary policy.

She holds a Certificate in Transformational Leadership from Said Business School at Oxford University and a Certificate in Leadership and Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Al-Mashat has published numerous studies and research papers in monetary policy, international economics, inflation targeting, and financial systems.

Yasmine Fouad
  

Yasmine Fouad took the oath on Wednesday as the Minister of Environment, retaining the post she assumed in June 2018. 

Previously, she served as the Assistant Minister of Environment since 2014.  

She served as the Ministerial Coordinator and Envoy for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). 

Fouad holds a Master's in Environmental Sciences and a PhD in Political Science focused on Euro-Mediterranean Studies.

She has over 25 years of experience in environmental and international cooperation, holding various positions in the Egyptian government, United Nations organizations, NGOs, and universities. 

Throughout her career, Dr. Fouad has overseen and implemented numerous environmental initiatives.

She supported the Earth Institute in designing the Centre of Excellence for Climate Change Adaptation.

Fouad led climate change initiatives for the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), including the African Adaptation Initiative and the African Renewable Energy Initiative.

She contributed to the Nile Basin Discourse, an NGO focused on studying the impact of climate change on water resources in the Nile Basin. 

Her practical expertise includes serving as a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) special report in 2017, specifically contributing to Chapter 4 on "Climate Change and Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems.”