Hassaballah El Kafrawy

Who is Hassaballah El Kafrawy?

Hasaballah Mohamed El Kafrawy is the former Minister of Development, Reconstruction, Housing, New Communities, Public Utilities and Land Reclamation of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

El Kafrawy was born on 22 November 1930 in Kafr Saad Area, Damiatta Governorate, Egypt. For 16 years, he held a number of ministerial portfolios in the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, including Development, Reconstruction, Housing, New Communities, Public Utilities and Land Reclamation.

In 1955, El Kafrawy graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, with a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering. Thereon, he started his career by working for the Ministry of Irrigation. It was in 1958 when he was commissioned to become an engineer in the first stage of the High Dam construction project. He spent almost seven years in this national giant project during which he had the chance to work under the direct supervision of the then prominent Minister of the High dam Sadki Soliman. Based upon his performance during that period, from 1958 to 1964, El Kafrawy was promoted to become a senior engineer. Moreover, he was recognized in 1964 by both the Egyptian and Soviet Union. He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Egyptian Government as well as the Order of the Red Flag for Labor of the Soviet Government.