Hossam Eisa is an

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politician and academic. He served as deputy prime minister and minister of higher education of Egypt from July 2013 until 1 March 2014.

Education

Eisa holds a PhD in law from the

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in France.

Career

Eisa was a member of the Nasserist Party. He worked as a law professor and taught at

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in Egypt and at the Algerian universities. Following the ouster of former

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Hosni Mobarak, he became one of the founders of the Egyptian Initiative for Prevention of Corruption in 2011. During the same period he was the attorney of

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, an Egyptian activist who had organized the 18-day uprising, forcing the ouster of President Mobarak in February 2011. He cofounded the Constitution Party with Mohamed El Baradei in April 2012. He served as the head of party's steering committee. However, he left the party in March 2013 due to internal conflicts. On 16 July 2013, Eisa was appointed both deputy prime minister for social justice and minister of higher education in the cabinet led by

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Hazem Al Beblawi. He succeeded Mostafa Mussad as minister of higher education. Eisa's term as cabinet member ended in February 2014 when the cabinet resigned.

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'' describes Eisa as a

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politician. He holds a leftist political stance. During the Mohammad Morsi era, he was among the major opposition figures and he advocated for the state to play a determining role in leading the economy, criticizing neo-liberal policies of the Qandil government.

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