Khaled Abdel Ghaffar
Khalid Atef Abdul Ghaffar | |
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| Born | November 24, 1962 |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, Academic |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Known for | Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research |
Khalid Atef Abdul Ghaffar (; born 24 November 1962) previously served as Egypt's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and is currently the Minister of Health and Population. He assumed the role of Acting Minister of Health and Population in October 2021.
Career
From 2009 until November 2015, he headed the Department of Oral Medicine, Periodontology, Diagnosis, and Radiology at Ain Shams University. In 2014, he was appointed Dean of Dentistry, where he implemented state-of-the-art dental technology. Subsequently, during his tenure as Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, he was honored with the State Encouragement Prize in Medical Sciences and authored 20 research articles published in international scientific journals.