Prof. Tarek Shawqi
Minister of Education and Technical Education
-Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the American University in Cairo
He served as Director of the UNESCO Office for Science and Technology in the Arab Countries from 2008 to 2012.
- Head of the Department of ICT Applications in Education, Science and Culture at UNESCO around the world from 2005: 2008
- UNESCO Regional Advisor for Communications and Information in the Arab Countries from 1999 to 2005
- Professor of Mechanics at the University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign from 1986: 1998
- He received the US Presidential Award for Research Excellence in 1989