Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr received PhD from
Reading University,
England in 1986, and went on to do post-doctoral work at
Washington State University. He has been department head, dean, university vice president and professor of mechanical engineering at the
Ain Shams University. In September 2010 he joined the ministry of education as deputy minister,[5] leading the ministry's technical education sector.[2]
He was sworn into the
Egyptian cabinet as minister of education on 16 July 2013.[6] He replaced
Ibrahim Deif in the post.[7] On 23 July Nasr announced that the ministry was considering delaying the start of the next school year, to ensure textbooks were fully available.[8] He is part of the
Second Mahlab Cabinet.[9]
References
^Variant transliterations: Mahmoud Abou El-Nasr, Mahmoud Abul Nasr, Mahmoud Aboul-Nasr, Mohammad Abul-Naser, Mahmoud Abu al-Nasr.