Hesham Qandil | |
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هشام قنديل | |
 Qandil in 2013 | |
| 51st Prime Minister of Egypt | |
| In office 2 August 2012 – 8 July 2013 | |
| President | Mohamed Morsi |
| Deputy | Mohamed Kamel Amr |
| Preceded by | Kamal Ganzouri |
| Succeeded by | Hazem El Beblawi (Acting) |
| Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation | |
| In office 21 July 2011 – 2 August 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Essam Sharaf Kamal Ganzouri |
| Preceded by | Hussien Ehsan Al-Atfy |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Bahaa Eldin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hesham Mohamed Qandil 17 September 1962 Beni Suef, United Arab Republic (present-day Egypt) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Cairo University (BS) Utah State University (MS) North Carolina State University (PhD) |
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Hesham Mohamed Qandil (also spelled: Hisham Kandil; Arabic: هشام محمد قنديل pronounced [heˈʃæːm mæˈħæmmæd ʔænˈdiːl]; born 17 September 1962) is an Egyptian engineer and civil servant who was Prime Minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013.[1] Qandil was appointed as prime minister by President Mohamed Morsi on 24 July 2012 and sworn in on 2 August 2012. Qandil previously served as Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation from 2011 to 2012.[2]
Reuters reported that Qandil was a politically independent senior public servant in the Morsi administration, but was not popularly considered to be a likely candidate for the position of prime minister.[2] Qandil was Egypt's youngest prime minister since Gamal Abdel Nasser's appointment in 1954.[3] When Morsi was overthrown in a coup d'état by the military, Qandil after initially continuing in his role as prime minister until the formation of a new government, resigned from office on 8 July 2013 in protest over the killing of 61 protestors by the military at the Republican Guard headquarters.[4] He was arrested on 24 December 2013[5] and released seven months later on 15 July 2014[6] after he was acquitted by the Court of Cassation, which accepted his appeal and annulled the one-year sentence against him.[7][8]
- ^ "Qandil steps down". Daily News Egypt. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ a b Perry, Tom (24 July 2012). "Egypt's Mursi names little-known water minister as PM". Reuters. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Profile: Egypt Prime Minister Hisham Qandil". BBC. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Egypt PM Qandil addresses resignation to Morsi, slams military coup - the Journal of Turkish Weekly". Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "Egypt police arrest Morsi-era PM Hisham Qandil". Ahram Online. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Morsi's PM Hisham Qandil released". Ahram Online. 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Qandil: Egypt faces difficult challenges and needs justice". Middle East Monitor. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Egypt court annuls imprisonment of ex-PM Hisham Qandil". Ahram Online. 13 July 2014.