Fouad Kamal Hussein

Fouad Kamal Hussein (October 7, 1923 – February 11, 2006), also known as Fouad Hussein, was an Egyptian economist. He served as the 25th Finance Minister of Egypt from December 1980 to December 1981.^[1]

Education

Fouad Hussein received a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences from Cairo University in 1944 and a post-graduate degree in Economics from Oxford University in 1950.

Early career

Fouad Hussein served as an economic advisor to the United Nations Technical Assistance Program in New York City from 1954 to 1968. Between 1954 and 1956, he served as an economic advisor to Jordan, Kuwait, Yemen, Lebanon, and a few other Asian and Middle Eastern countries. In India, he served as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru from 1956 to 1959. He served in various assignments for the UNTAA, both at United Nations' headquarters in New York and in the field.

He served in the Government of Egypt from 1959 to 1962 as the Senior Economist for the National Planning Commission, participating in the preparation and coordination of Egypt's first Five-Year Economic and Social Plans. From 1960, he served as Secretary General to the Government, coordinating functions between Egypt's Presidential Cabinet, Parliament, and various government agencies.

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