The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities meets with the Supreme Council of Antiquities and presents action plans
Ahmed Issa, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, received Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, at the Ministry’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital.
Ahmed Issa began his speech, Welcoming Dr. Muhammad Ismail Khaled, congratulating him, wishing him continued success in his work tasks, and expressing his confidence in his ability to complete the process of achievements that have been achieved by the Supreme Council of Antiquities during the past period, especially since he is one of the sons of the Ministry and the Council.
The Minister indicated that there is still a long way to go, and that there are many goals that need to be achieved by the Council during the coming period, stressing that all support will be provided and all efforts will be combined to improve and advance the Council and its various departments and activities and achieve more progress. Achievements.
After that, the Minister was keen to hold an expanded meeting with a number of the Ministry’s leaders and its affiliated bodies, in the presence of Dr. Muhammad Ismail Khaled, during which each of them was introduced to the other and reviewed their work files and current action plans. And the future.
The national strategy for tourism development in Egypt and its main axes were also briefly reviewed.
During the meeting, the Minister stressed the importance of Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, during the days In the next few years, we will learn more deeply about these files and the role assigned to each department as soon as possible, so that it can quickly integrate into the work system of the Ministry and its affiliated bodies.
For their part, the leadership of the Ministry and its bodies were keen to congratulate the Secretary-General on assuming his duties, Wishing him all the best and success, and expressing their support for him and their full readiness for all aspects of joint cooperation to achieve the ministry’s strategic objectives.
They also reviewed the joint work files between each of them and the Supreme Council of Antiquities and its various sectors.
For his part, Dr. Muhammad Ismail Khaled extended his sincere thanks and appreciation to the Minister and to the attendees for their warm welcome to him, expressing his happiness and pride to be present within the Ministry’s work team and that he is one of the Ministry’s sons, and to cooperate with them during the coming period to try to overcome any obstacles. It may prevent the ministry and the Supreme Council of Antiquities from achieving their strategy and goals.
He explained that he would begin working on studying all the files, reviewing part of his personal biography and the most prominent positions and files for which he was responsible.
He has During the meeting, the Ministry’s current policy was reviewed to raise the level and efficiency of governance in the Ministry and its affiliated bodies, including the Supreme Council of Antiquities, which works to build the Council’s various organizations and sectors to enable it to achieve its mission and role as an operator, scientific institution, and owner of antiquities in Egypt and what it does to restore, preserve and preserve antiquities. On it for the sake of future generations.
It was also emphasized that the Council’s financial reform process would continue, as the Ministry was able during the last period to reduce the percentage of the Council’s budget dependence on the general state budget by about 80%.
In addition to aiming to maximize and increase the volume of the Council’s revenues within the framework of financial reform, which contributes to increasing the Council’s ability to carry out its role in financing development and restoration projects and providing the expenditure that archaeological sites and museums deserve in order to improve the tourism experience for visitors and tourists, in addition to working to pay attention to raising Greater tourism and archaeological awareness among citizens and raising their culture and awareness of ancient Egyptian antiquities and civilization.
This meeting was attended by Professor Ghada Shalabi, Deputy Minister for Tourism Affairs, and Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim, President. Executive Director of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Mr. Amr El-Kady, CEO of the Egyptian General Authority for Tourism Promotion, Mr. Ahmed Obaid, Assistant Minister for Diwan Affairs and Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry, Professor Youmna Al-Bahar, Assistant Minister for Technical Affairs and Minister’s Office Affairs, and Dr. Khaled Sharif, Assistant Minister for Digital Transformation and Supervisor of Administration. General Authority for the Development of Services at Tourist and Archaeological Sites and Museums, Mr. Mohamed Fahmy, Assistant Minister for Economic Affairs, Ambassador Khaled Tharwat, Advisor to the Minister for International Foreign Relations and General Supervisor of the General Administration of International Relations and Agreements, Ms. Samia Sami, Head of the Central Administration for Tourism Companies, and Mr. Mohamed Amer, Head of the Central Administration for Hotel Establishments. And shops and tourist activities.
It is worth noting that Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly had issued, a few days ago, a decision assigning Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled to the position of Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
This decision came due to Dr. Muhammad Ismail Khaled’s long experience in the Supreme Council of Antiquities and distinguished scientific and international skills in Egyptology and archaeological work, as he holds a doctorate in archaeology. He worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and head of the Egyptian-German mission in the pyramid collection of King Sahure in the archaeological area of Abu Sir, where he made many important archaeological discoveries, in addition to having many prestigious and internationally peer-reviewed scientific publications. In English and German.
Dr. Muhammad Ismail Khaled received many international scientific grants for post-doctoral research from the Humboldt Foundation at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and from the German Henkel Foundation, and he worked as a visiting professor at the Institute of Near East and Civilizations in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at Yale University in the United States.
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Dr. Muhammad Ismail Khaled is a member of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. He began his professional life as an inspector of antiquities in the Pyramid Antiquities area, then rose to leadership positions in the Council, where he held the positions of Director of the Technical Office of the Head of the Central Administration of Antiquities in Cairo and Giza, and Director of the Research Department.
