List of Cairo University Alumni - 1970s

1970s

• Mahmoud al-Zahar, co founded Hamas alongside Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. He currently serves as foreign minister in the Palestinian National Authority government of Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza. He studied medicine at Cairo University.

• Ayman al-Zawahiri is a prominent member of the al-Qaeda group, a physician, author, poet, and formerly the head of the militant organization Egyptian Islamic Jihad. He obtained a degree in surgery at Cairo University in 1974 and an advanced medical degree in 1978.

• Mohsen Badawi Chairman of Aracom Systems, was born in Cairo on November 10, 1956. Entrepreneur, political activist and writer, graduated from Cairo University majoring in Accounting at the Faculty of Commerce, co-founder of the Egyptian Soviet Chamber of Commerce (1989), the main founder and first Chairman of the Canada Egypt Business Council "CEBC" (2001–2003). He is also the main founder and Chairman of Abdurrahman Badawi Center for Creativity (2008-), a member of the Egyptian Romanian Friendship Association (1988–1991), member of the Arab Scientific Transportation Association (1989-) and a member of The Egyptian International Economic Forum (2003-).

• Gawdat Bahgat is a professor of political science at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C. and has published numerous articles and books on Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea region, terrorism, and geopolitics.

• Amin Sameh Samir Fahmy is the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum. He graduated with a B.Sc. in chemical engineering from Cairo University in 1973.

• Youssef Boutros Ghali politician & Egypt’s Minister of Finance.

• Hani Mahfouz Helal is the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and State Minister for Scientific Research and the former Cultural and Scientific Chancellor in the Egyptian embassy in Paris. Dr. Helal graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University in 1974.

• Ahmed Nazif is the Egyptian Prime Minister and former Minister for Communications and Information Technology. Prof. Dr. Nazif graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1973 and a Master's degree in 1976, from the Communications and Electronics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.

• Mohamed A. Moustafa Hassan is graduated in 1977 from Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. He obtained his M.Sc. as well as Ph.D. from the same Dept. He was awarded DAAD scholarship (1984–1987) for junior Egyptian Scientists to do their research work in Germany. He worked in Calgary University as visiting Professor (1989–1992)basedon CIDA fund. He worked also in the Gulf at the following Institutions: UAEU, TSI, AUST (all in UAE), then at JGEC (KSA).