Fayyad Abdel Moneim

Fayyad Abdel Moneim (born 1957) is an Egyptian academic and economist who served as finance minister briefly from 7 May to 16 July 2013.

Early life and education Moneim was born in 1957. He received a bachelor's degree in commerce in 1980. He holds a master's degree, which he received from Al Azhar University in 1993. He also holds a PhD, which he again received from Al Azhar University in Islamic finance in 1999. The title of his PhD thesis is "an evaluation of the economic performance of banks, with application to the Islamic banks in Egypt." He worked as a professor of economics at Al Azhar University until May 2013. On 7 May 2013, he was appointed finance minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hesham Qandil. He replaced Morsi El Sayed Hegazy in the post.