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Mr. Mohamed Safwat El Sherif
Speaker of the Shoura Council

 – Speaker of the Shoura Council.
 – President of the Supreme Press Council.
 – Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (N.D.P.).

Qualifications and Studies:
Ü B.A. of military sciences.

Ü Honorary PHD for Excellence in applications of communication sciences
  from Badingtom University.

Ü Military studies in communication planning and management in Military
  Institutes.

Ü Higher studies in international communication and public opinion in the
  institute for strategic sciences.

Ü Courses in mass communications in the British State Information Service.

Ü A course in International Communications Institute in Germany.

Political and Party Work:
Ü A founder member of the NDP (1977).
Ü NDP media rapporteur.

Ü NDP elected secretary of Qasr El Nil Constituency (1977).

Ü Member of the Shoura Council (1980).
Ü NDP media secretary (1982).
Ü Member of the Secretarial General of the NDP (1982).

Ü Member of the NDP's Political Bureau (1989).
Ü Assistant Secretary General of the NDP and Information Secretary (1990).

Ü Planning and Organization of media campaigns in all elections and
  referendums for NDP.

Ü Member of the Committee on the Development of the NDP (2001).
Ü Secretary General of the NDP (2002).

Ü Speaker of the Shoura Council (2004).

 

Past Occupations:
Ü
Working for the Military Forces, the National Defense Council and the
  Republic Presidency.

Ü Ascending leading positions in the State Information Service (SIS) from
  (1975 - 1978).

Ü Chairman of the SIS (Rank of Minister) from (1978 - 1980).
Ü Head of Radio and TV Union (Rank of Minister) from (1980 - 1982).
Ü Minister of information from (1982 - 2004).


Information and Media Work:
Ü Setting the strategy and policy of Egyptian Media up to 2010.
Ü Initiating and establishing the Egyptian Media system on local,
  national, Arab and International levels.
Ü Introducing Egypt into the era of Space Media by launching the
  Egyptian Nile Sat 101 and Nile Sat 102 in virtue of the historical
  document signed by President Mubarak in May 1995.

Ü Establishing the largest Media Project for media production
  (Media Production city), introduced to the world by President Mubarak
  in May 2002.

Ü Ensuring Egypt's Prevalence through launching the first Egyptian
  space channel in Arabic language, the first channel in foreign language
  and the first thematic channels group.
Ü Initiator of the educational channels promoting education at distance.
Ü Modernizing the Egyptian Media Organizations and developing and
  upgrading technological facilities in Radio and TV and SIS.
Ü Sponsor of Radio and TV festival and initiator of the Egyptian Media
  People Day since 1984.
Ü Establishing the International Academy of Media Sciences, inaugurated
  by President Mubarak in May 2002.

 

Work Papers and Views:
Ü Media in open sky era - Media between freedom and ownership.
Ü Egyptian Media Strategy.
Ü Arab Media Strategy.
Ü New African Media System-Philosophy of Egyptian Media.
Ü Egyptian Media in 20 years-Women's Image in Media.
Ü Reality of NDP's thought in its 8th conference in 2002.
Ü The philosophy of establishing the Supreme Council for Policies.

  Positions:

Ü Chairman of the General Assembly of the Radio and TV Union.
Ü Chairman of the Board of Secretaries of the International Academy for
  Media Sciences.
Ü Member of the Supreme Council for Child Care.
Ü Member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian "Al Helal Al Ahmar"
  Association.
Ü Head of the Egyptian Media Association for Development.
Ü Member of the Supreme Council for Population and Family Planning.
Ü Head of the Conference of African Ministers of Information from (1985 - 1989)
  and from 1997.

Ü Head of the conference of Islamic Ministers of Information in two sessions,
  1992 and 2003.

Ü Deputy Chairman of the Conference of Ministers of Information of
  Non-Alignment Countries in the years 1987, 1989 and 1997.

  Awards :

Ü The Egyptian Order of Merit of the first class by the President of the
  Arab Republic of Egypt.
Ü Legion of Merit of the Great River from Libya.
Ü Badges of Honour of Liberation, Bravery, Evacuation and Mobilization
  (Egypt).
Ü Order of Merit from the Republic of Central Africa.
Ü National Order of Merit from the Republic of France.
Ü Prize of the best Minister of Information in the Middle East from the
  American University in 1998.


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