Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin (born 30 August 1964) is an Egyptian economist, commercial lawyer and politician.

Biography

Ziad Bahaa-Eldin was born on 30 August 1964 and is the son of the journalist and writer Ahmad Baha-Eldin. He was educated at

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(Law, 1986), the

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(Economics, 1987),

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

(LLM, 1989) and the

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(PhD, 1996). Baha Eddin practiced as a lawyer, held several government positions related to finance and law, and served as a lecturer at the Law Faculty of

. From 2004 to 2007 he was the chairman of the Egyptian Investment Authority. In 2008 he became the head of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority, a government agency that supervises Egypt's non-banking financial transactions and markets.Egypt gets new deputy prime minister
''Al Arabiya'', 12 July 2013. He has served as an International Advisor at

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. Following the overthrow of

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in 2011, he was one of the founders of the

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and was a member of

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. News reports on 7 July 2013 stated that he was likely to be appointed interim prime minister by the authorities that seized power in the

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, though this appointment was blocked within the post-coup coalition by the Salafist Al Nour Party.Egypt’s Salafist party rejects choices for premier, vice-president
''Al Arabiya'', 8 July 2013. On 12 July 2013

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reported that he had been chosen as Egypt's interim deputy prime minister. After his appointment he suspended his membership in the Social Democratic Party. He resigned on 27 January 2014.

References

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