His conservatism and slow decision-making holds back the country even if Prime Minister (since 2004) Ahmed Nazif and key aides such as Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali and Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin have pushed through some substantive economic reforms...
As Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin has knocked on doors throughout Asia in search of foreign investment for a wish list of infrastructure projects including the Red Sea port development and particularly the North-West Suez Gulf Economic Zone...