Kamel al-Wazir
Kamel al-Wazir | |
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كامل الوزير البسيوني | |
Kamel al-Wazir in 2023 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2024 | |
| President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Prime Minister | Mostafa Madbouly |
| Minister of Transportation | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2019 | |
| President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Prime Minister | Mostafa Madbouly |
| Preceded by | Hisham Arafat |
| Minister of Industry | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2024 | |
| President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Prime Minister | Mostafa Madbouly |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Samir |
| Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority | |
| In office July 2014 – 11 March 2019 | |
| President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Adly Mansour |
| Preceded by | Ehab al-Far |
| Succeeded by | Emad al-Alfi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kamel Abdelhady Farag el-Wazir 1957 (age 67–68) Dakahlia, Egypt |
| Alma mater | Military Technical College |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Egyptian Army |
| Years of service | 1980–2019 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Unit | Military Engineers Corps |
Kamel al-Wazir (Arabic: كامل الوزير) is the transportation minister, the industry and trade minister and the deputy prime minister of Egypt. He succeeded Minister Hisham Arafat who resigned after the Ramses Station rail disaster. Kamel al-Wazir had been heading the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces before being appointed the minister.
During his tenure, an accident happened as two trains collided near Sohag, for which he issued an official apology.