Mahmoud Balbaa

Mahmoud Saad Balbaa (born 30 January 1952) is an Egyptian engineer, businessman and former minister of electricity and energy in the Qandil cabinet.

Mahmoud Balbaa
Minister of Electricity and Energy
In office 3 August 2012 – 5 January 2013
Prime Minister	Hisham Qandil
Preceded by	Hassan Younes
Succeeded by	Ahmed Imam
Personal details
Born	(1952-01-30) 30 January 1952 (age 73) Damanhour, El Behera, Egypt
Political party	National Democratic Party (Formerly) Independent
Children	3 boys

Career

Balbaa was a member of the now disbanded National Democratic Party.^[1] An engineer by training,^[2] he was appointed head of the Egyptian Electric Holding Company in 2011.^[1] Therefore, he was the man in direct charge of the electricity of the country.^[1] He stated in February 2012 that Egypt was ready to supply additional power to the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas would sign off on the deal.^[3] He also worked closely with the former minister of electricity and energy Hassan Younes to realize Banha's electricity generation projects, which would be provided and installed by a coalition of Japanese companies, such as Hitachi and Toyota.^[4]

He was appointed the Egypt's minister of electricity and energy in August 2012,^[5][6] replacing Hassan Younes.^[4] He was one of the senior figures in Egyptian holding companies and independent figures appointed to the ministerial post in the cabinet.^[2][1][7] Balbaa was replaced by Ahmed Imam in a cabinet reshuffle on 5 January 2012.^[8][9]