Unveiling the Dark Truth: The Shocking Tale of Youssef Boutros, Mubarak’s Wrongly Accused Finance Minister
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
By Manal Al-Masri:
After being acquitted of all charges, Dr. Youssef Boutros Ghali, former Minister of Finance – under the late President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, returned to the Egyptian economic scene yesterday, issuing a presidential decision to reconstitute the Specialized Council. Economic Development, affiliated with the Presidency of the Republic, to include Boutros Ghali as a member.
Youssef Boutros Ghali was one of the most important ministers under late President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak and was sentenced to prison before being acquitted by an Egyptian court after the January 25, 2011 revolution. charge
In July 2023, the criminal court in northern Cairo acquitted Youssef Boutros Ghali, known in the media as “customs corruption”, in which he faced charges of profiteering and abuse of power.
Before that, in November 2022, the criminal court acquitted Youssef Boutros Ghali of the “Metal Plate” case and began an 11-year trial, and he was convicted and retried for 10 years in prison.
After the acquittal, Youssef Boutros Ghali confirmed that he will return to Egypt as soon as possible, which seems to have already been achieved.
The Council is responsible for studying and proposing the general economic and productivity policies of the country in all fields, including strengthening and developing productive capacity and studying and proposing scientific plans with a view to making better use of available resources and increasing, maximizing production through scientific and technological methods. Providing the national economy, and production requirements and developing them in partnership with the private sector.
It also studies the employment situation, proposes general plans and programs for better utilization of human resources and increases their production efficiency, studies ways to remove any obstacles affecting the process of economic growth and suggests necessary organizational and technological changes for establishment. A strong economic base provides research on foreign markets and the potential to expand Egyptian exports to them.
Youssef Boutros abuses…the mind of Mubarak’s financial government
Youssef Rauf Youssef Boutros Ghali was one of the most prominent thinkers and figures in the late President Hosni Mubarak’s government.
Ghali holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Cairo University. In 1981, he earned a doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Cairo University’s Faculty of Economics and Political Science and served as Director of the Center for Economic Analysis in the Council of Ministers from 1991 to 1993. National Bank of Egypt.
From April 1993 to December 1995, he was Minister of State for International Cooperation and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs. Before he was appointed Minister of State for Economic Affairs, from January 1996 to June 1997 and from there to September 1999 in the Ministry of Economy, including the Foreign Trade portfolio and continuing until 2004. After that, he assumed his maximum responsibility. Famous position as Minister of Finance from July 2004 until the fall of the Mubarak regime.
He also worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund (1981 to 1986) for 6 years.