Hisham Zazou

Hisham Zazou (; born 1954) is an Egyptian businessman and politician who is the former Egyptian minister of tourism. He was one of the ministers who were not affiliated with an Islamist party in the Qandil cabinet. until he was replaced by Khaled Abbas Rami. He was reappointed on 19 September 2015.

Early life and education Zazou was born in 1954. After the Egyptian uprising, he served as senior assistant to former tourism minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour. On 2 August 2012, Zazou began to serve as tourism minister in the cabinet of Hesham Qandil. Zazou sworn in on 16 July.

Statement on tourism following attack in Sinai

Following a fatal attack in the Sinai Peninsula in August 2012, in which 16 Egyptian soldiers were killed by armed men who subsequently infiltrated into Israel and were killed by the Israel Air Force, Zazou denied that there was a negative impact on tourism following the attack, and said that tourism agencies did not cancel reservations and that he was personally calling them to make sure. Zazou stressed that tourists should feel secure in Egypt. A few days later the new governor resigned instead.

However, he and four other ministers resigned from office on 1 July due to government's reaction to mass demonstrations in the country. Then prime minister Qandil refused to accept Zazou's resignation, however, and asked him to remain in the post.