El Sayed El Quseir is an Egyptian banker and current minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. He previous served as the head of Industrial Development and Workers Bank of Egypt and president of the Development and Agricultural Credit Bank until his appointment as minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation on 13 August 2022.

Education and career

Quseir received a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

in commerce from

Tanta University Tanta University (Arabic: جامعة طنطا) is an Egyptian university in the city of Tanta, Al Gharbiyah governorate, Egypt. The university is under the direct scientific supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education. It was founded fi ...

in 1978 and a Diploma in Banking in 1985. Later he studied for another diploma at the Institute of Banking Studies of the

Central Bank of Egypt The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE; ) is the central bank and monetary authority of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Currency Since the trading of gold and silver coins in Egypt and until 1834, there was no one unit of currency to unify the country. In ...

. He worked as a lecturer at the Federation of Arab Banks, and the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences. He joined the National Bank of Egypt in 1980 and rose through the ranks in banking sector to executive positions. In 2011, he became the head of the Industrial Development and Workers Bank of Egypt and was appointed president of the Development and Agricultural Credit Bank in April 2016. He served in this position until 13 August 2022 when he was appointed minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.

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