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Curriculum Vitae
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Rachid Mohamed Rachid
Egyptian Minister of Trade and
Industry
Rachid Mohamed Rachid
became Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry in
July 2004, the first Egyptian businessman ever to
take up a cabinet position in Egypt. Prior to
joining Government, the Minister had a long
entrepreneurial and multinational career. He
established and grew Fine Foods to become Egypt’s
leading foods brand. In 1991, a joint venture was
formed with Unilever establishing Unilever Mashreq.
Minister Rachid was later appointed as President of
Unilever’s Middle East, North Africa and Turkey
businesses based out of London. Today, the Minister
is a member of the government's new 'economic team'
tasked with delivering a program of reforms to open
Egypt up to international trade and investment. As
Minister of Trade and Industry, his mandate includes
liberalizing Egypt's industrial sectors, attracting
foreign direct investment into industry and creating
jobs. The Minister is responsible Egypt's foreign
trade portfolio, managing Egypt's network of
preferential trade agreements (with US, Europe,
Africa and the Middle East) and growing Egyptian
exports. Minister Rachid also oversees Egypt's
internal trade market and is responsible for the
creation of Egypt's first Competition and Consumer
Protection Authorities.
The Minister received
his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty
of Engineering at Alexandria University in 1978. He
has attended a number of management programs in the
United States, including the Management Development
Program at Stanford University in 1983, the
Strategic Management Program at MIT in 1993, and the
Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business
School in 1996.He is married with three daughters.
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