Raafat Hindy
Raafat Hendy | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt | |
| Assumed office February 12, 2026 | |
| Appointed by | The President of Egypt |
| President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Preceded by | Amr Talaat |
Raafat Abd El-Aziz Fahmy Mohamed Amin Hendy (born 1965) is an Egyptian government official serving as the Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly since February 2026, succeeding Amr Talaat.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2006, Hendy established the Telecommunications and Infrastructure Sector at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which carried out more than 100 national technology infrastructure projects, among them the technological infrastructure for Smart Village, the Egyptian Universities Network, and Egypt's first electronic payment card system.[2]
In July 2018, he was appointed head of the ministry's General Secretariat Sector, a role he held concurrently with his leadership of the Telecommunications and Infrastructure Sector. In June 2024, he became Vice ICT Minister for Infrastructure.[3] In February 2026, he was appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technology.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "الرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسي يشهد أداء اليمين الدستورية للوزراء الجُدد" [President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi witnesses the swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers]. www.presidency.eg (in Arabic).
- ↑ "المهندس رأفت هندي وزيراً للاتصالات: قيادة جديدة لاستكمال ثورة البنية التحتية الرقمية | بوابة أخبار اليوم الإلكترونية".
- ↑ "هندي وزيرًا للاتصالات.. "النواب" يستقبل كتاب رئيس الجمهورية بشأن التعد | مصراوي".
- ↑ "من هو رأفت هندي وزير الاتصالات الجديد؟.. السيرة الذاتية".