Ministry of Information (Egypt)
| وزارة الاعلام | |
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| Formed | 1971 |
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| Dissolved | 2021 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Egypt |
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TheMinistry of Information(Arabic: وزارة الإعلام) was theministryin charge of state-ownedmediaand press inEgypt,and for regulating the practices through affiliate agencies between 1971 until its latest dissolution in 2021.
History and profile
[edit]During presidentAnwar Sadat's 11 year tenure, the ministry was renamed and restructured a number of times. In the first cabinet in October 1970 theMinistry of Culture and National Guidancewas split into one for culture, and another for national guidance withMohamed Fayekappointed as minister[1]Within a month the Ministry of National Guidance was renamed as the Ministry of Information with the same minister.[2]After a further few months, in May 1971, the Mohamed Abdelqader Hatem was named Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information.[3]
In 1978 after signing apeace treaty with Israel,Sadat restructured the government and dissolved the ministry with his new prime ministerMostafa Khalilsaying that "state supervision of the information media has come to an end."[4]This would not last long, and In 1979 it was again bundled as the Ministry of Culture and Information (duringMansour Hassan's tenure).
Under presidentHosni Mubarak,the Ministry of Information was reestablished in 1982 after being spun off from theMinistry of Culture and Information.[5]In 1986 Mubarak officially set out its mandate bringing theEgyptian Radio and Television Unionand theState Information Serviceunder its supervision.[6]The ministry would remain intact with only two ministers taking the post during Mubarak's 30-year rule.
The Ministry of Information was dissolved in February 2011[7][8]when the newcabinetwas created underPrime MinisterEssam Sharafin the wake of theEgyptian Revolutionand the purge ofHosni Mubarak's regime.[9]
However, it was reestablished a few months later in July 2011 and Osama Heikal was appointed as minister[8]
The ministry was dissolved for a third time in 2021 after the resignation of Osama Heikal,[10]and was not reestablished in the followingcabinet reshuffle in 2022.TheNational Media Authorityhas taken up most of its duties overseeing state-owned media.[11]
List of Egyptian Ministers of Information (incomplete)
[edit]PresidentAnwar Sadat(1970 — 1981)
- Ahmed Kamal Abulmagd (1974 — )[12]
- Mansour Hassan(1979–1981; asminister of culture and information)[13]
PresidentHosni Mubarak(1981 — 2011)
- Safwat El-Sherif(1982–2004)[14]
- Mamdouh al-Beltagui (2004 —2005)[15]
- Anas el-Fiqqi(2005–2011)
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces(2011 — 2012)
- Osama Heikal (2011–2012)[8]
PresidentMohamed Morsi(2012 — 2013)
- Salah Abdel Maqsoud(2012–2013)
Interim PresidentAdly Mansour
- Dorreya Sharaf El-Din (July 2013–June 2014)[7]
PresidentAbdelfattah al-Sisi(2014 — )
- Osama Heikal (2020–2022, ministry dissolved)[10]
Affiliated agencies
[edit]- Egyptian Radio and Television Union(ERTU)
- State Information Service(SIS)
- Middle East News Agency(MENA)
- Egyptian Media Production City(EMPC)
- Nilesat
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Presidential Decree 1685/1970".The Official Gazette.1970.
- ^"Presidential Decree 1880/1970".The Official Gazette.1970.
- ^"Presidential Decree 780/1971".The Official Gazette.1971.
- ^Lippman, Thomas W. (1978-10-06)."Sadat Installs New Government to Lead a Peaceful Egypt".Washington Post.ISSN0190-8286.Retrieved2023-03-05.
- ^Toby Mendel (August 2011)."Political and Media Transitions in Egypt"(PDF).Internews.Retrieved24 October2014.
- ^"Presidential Decree 310/1986".The Official Gazette.1986.
- ^ab"BREAKING: New government swears in".Cairo Post.17 June 2014.Retrieved21 June2014.
- ^abc"Egypt's reinstatement of Information Ministry is a setback".Committee to Protect Journalists.New York. 12 July 2011.Retrieved3 January2014.
- ^"Egypt's reinstatement of Information Ministry is a setback".Committee to Protect Journalists.12 July 2011.Retrieved3 July2014.
- ^ab"Egypt's information minister Osama Heikal resigns amid parliamentary criticism - Politics - Egypt".Ahram Online.Retrieved2023-03-04.
- ^"National Media Authority".Media Ownership Monitor.Retrieved2023-03-04.
- ^"Presidential Decree 610/1974".The Official Gazette.1974.
- ^(22 December 2012).Sadat's last minister of information dies,Al-Ahram
- ^Hammond, Andrew.Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle,p. 79 (2005)
- ^"Information Minister".www.minfo.gov.eg.2004. Archived fromthe originalon 2004-08-09.Retrieved2023-03-10.
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