Former oil minister under the late president Mohamed Hosny Mubarak's regime, Sameh Fahmy was diagnosed with coronavirus and is now undergoing necessary treatments.
His brother, Hady Fahmy revealed that the former minister is getting better and is in a stable health state.
Fahmy (born 14 August 1949) is an Egyptian engineer and politician who served as oil minister of Egypt for 12 years from 1999 to 2011. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, which he received from Cairo University in June 1973.
The former minister had an illustrious career; he was appointed as oil minister to the cabinet led by the then Prime Minister Atef Ebeid on 5 October 1999, replacing Hamdi Al Banbi.
Fahmi was also named the chairman of the Egyptian Gas Holding Company. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Egyptian holding company for petrochemicals (ECHEM) in 2002.
In December 2010, he was appointed president of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum. Although he retained his post in the cabinet led by Ahmed Shafik in the January 2011 reshuffle. His term ended on 21 February 2011 and he was replaced by Mahmoud Latif Amer as oil minister.
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