| Intro | Egyptian engineer | ||
| Is |
Engineer Politician |
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| From | Egypt | ||
| Type |
Engineering Politics |
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| Gender | male | ||
| Birth |
1970 |
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| Age | 51 years | ||
| Politics | Freedom and Justice Party | ||
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Bassem Kamel Mohamed Ouda (Arabic: باسم كامل محمد عودة [ˈbæːsem ˈkæːmel mæˈħæmmæd ˈʕoːdæ]; born 1970) is an Egyptian politician who is a member of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and the former minister of supply and interior trade. He is also allegedly a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Early life
Ouda was born in 1970. He received a PhD in engineering from Cairo University.
Career
Ouda was one of the candidates for the secretariat of the FJP in 2011. He was the head of the fuel file in president Mohamed Morsi’s 100-day plan during the latter’s presidential champaign. He also heads the energy committee of the FJP.
Ouda was appointed minister of supply and interior trade on 5 January 2013 in a government reshuffle. Ouda replaced Zeid Mohamed in the post. Ouda was one of the FJP members serving in the cabinet that is headed by Hisham Qandil. He and other FJP members in the cabinet resigned from office on 4 July 2013 following the 2013 coup in Egypt. Ouda’s term officially ended on 16 July 2013 when the interim government led by Prime Minister Hazem Al Beblawi was formed.