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Former Egyptian Transport Minister Rises to Post of Prime Minister

   VOA News  March 03, 2011

   New   Egyptian   Prime   Minister   Essam  Sharaf  served  as  Egypt's
   transportation minister between 2004 and 2006.
   The  Cairo  University  engineering  professor  had  joined  the major
   rallies  in  Cairo's  Tahrir  Square,  endearing  him  to  many  youth
   protesters.  The  18  days  of  protests  led to the ouster of Egypt's
   longtime president Hosni Mubarak.
   Sharaf  completed  his bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Cairo
   University  in  1975. He then traveled to the United States and earned
   both  a  master's  degree  in  engineering  and  a doctorate at Purdue
   University in the state of Indiana.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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