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Hazem El Beblawi

former Egyptian Prime minister

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ1592085 ↗
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Hazem El Beblawi (also spelled el Beblawy; Arabic: حازم عبد العزيز الببلاوي, romanized: Ḥāzim ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Bablāwī, pronounced [ˈħæːzem ʕabd elʕaziːz elbebˈlæːwi]; born 17 October 1936), is an Egyptian economist and politician who was the interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previously he served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in 2011. After the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and his government in July 2013, Beblawi was named interim prime minister. On 24 February 2014, Beblawi announced his resignation.

Early life and education

Beblawi was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 17 October 1936. He studied law at Cairo University and graduated in 1957. One of his teachers at Cairo University was Ismail Sabri Abdullah.

Beblawi obtained a postgraduate degree in economics from the University of Grenoble in France in 1961. He also holds a PhD in economics, which he received from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 1964.

Career

Beblawi began his career as a lecturer at the University of Alexandria in 1965 and taught economy-related courses at several universities, including the University of Southern California, until 1980.

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