Former education minister Tarek Shawki returns to AUC

Shawki back at AUC: Former education minister Tarek Shawki has been appointed University Counselor at the American University in Cairo (AUC), the university said in a statement (pdf) yesterday. Shawki was formerly dean of AUC’s School of Sciences and Engineering and senior strategic advisor to the AUC president for education and outreach and served as the Madbouly government’s education minister between 2017 and 2022. Shawki succeeds Mohamed Hamza who has been AUC’s counselor since January 2022.