Mahmoud Saad Balbaa (born 30 January 1952) is an Egyptian engineer, businessman and former minister of electricity and energy in the Qandil cabinet.

Career

Balbaa was a member of the now disbanded National Democratic Party. An engineer by training, he was appointed head of the Egyptian Electric Holding Company in 2011. Therefore, he was the man in direct charge of the electricity of the country. He stated in February 2012 that Egypt was ready to supply additional power to the

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would sign off on the deal. He also worked closely with the former minister of electricity and energy Hassan Younes to realize Banha's electricity generation projects, which would be provided and installed by a coalition of Japanese companies, such as

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. He was appointed the Egypt's minister of electricity and energy in August 2012, replacing

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. He was one of the senior figures in Egyptian holding companies and independent figures appointed to the ministerial post in the cabinet. Balbaa was replaced by Ahmed Imam in a cabinet reshuffle on 5 January 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balbaa, Mahmoud 20th-century Egyptian engineers 21st-century Egyptian politicians 1952 births Living people Electricity and energy ministers of Egypt National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians Qandil Cabinet People from Damanhur