Hani Sewilam Explained

Hani Atif Nebhan Sewilam
Native Name:هاني عاطف نبهان سويلم
Office:Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation
Primeminister:Mostafa Madbouly
Predecessor:Muhammad Abdul Ati
Term Start:13 August 2022
Birth Place:Egypt
Alma Mater:Faculty of engineering, Zagazig University[1] [2]

Hani Sewilam is an Egyptian academic and professor of Water Resources currently serving as minister of Irrigation. He was elected president of African Ministers’ Council of Water in 2023 for a two-year term.[3] He was head of Heribert Nacken Institute and Director of UNESCO Chair in Hydrological Changes and Water Resources Management based in RWTH Aachen University, Germany.[4]

Education and career

Sewilam studied for a Diploma in Water Engineering and a bachelor's degree in Environmental and Irrigation Engineering in Zagazig University, Egypt. He then proceeded to University of Southampton, United Kingdom where he earned an MSc in Environmental and Irrigation Engineering and a PhD in Water Resources Management from Aachen University, Germany.[5] His academic interest focuses on water management, hydrology, desalination and sustainable development.

Sewilam was managing director of the Unesco  Chair in Hydrological Changes and Water Resources Management at the RWTH Aachen University, German and academic director of the Department of Engineering Hydrology of Heribert Nacken Institute. Sewilan is the head of the Center for Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability (CARES) at the American University in Cairo (AUC).[6]

He was appointed Egyptian minister of Irrigation on 13 August 2022. On 27 February 2023, African Ministers’ Council on Water elected Sewilam president of the organization for a term of two years. he took over form Carl Hermann Schlettwein, minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Resources of Namibia.[7]

Award

Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus award 2022.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-08-13 . الدكتور هاني سويلم وزير الموارد المائية والري . Al-Ahram.
  2. Web site: أكاديمي وعضو فريق مفاوضات سد النهضة.. من هو هاني سويلم وزير الري الجديد؟ - بوابة الشروق . 2023-08-14 . www.shorouknews.com . ar-eg.
  3. Web site: Nigeria . Guardian . 2023-02-27 . Egypt's water resources minister, Sewilam becomes AMCOW president . 2023-06-23 . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . en-US.
  4. Web site: Appointment of apl. Prof. Hani Sewilam as Minister of Irrigation in Egyp... - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Faculty of Civil Engineering - English . 2023-06-23 . www.fb3.rwth-aachen.de . 2023-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230623145048/https://www.fb3.rwth-aachen.de/cms/bauingenieurwesen/Die-Fakultaet/Aktuell/Meldungen/~wmmnv/Ernennung-von-apl-Prof-Hani-Sewilam-zu/?lidx=1 . dead .
  5. Web site: Egypt’s irrigation minister heads to US for UN 2023 Water Conference - Society - Egypt . 2023-06-23 . Ahram Online.
  6. Web site: 2023-03-23 . Unilateral measures on Ethiopian dam pose ‘existential danger’ on 150M citizens: Egypt . 2023-06-23 . EgyptToday.
  7. Web site: Message from the AMCOW President – African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) . 2023-06-23 . en-US.
  8. Web site: Hassan . Nouran . 2022-11-23 . Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sewilam received the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus award 2022 . 2023-06-23 . Identity Magazine . en-US.