Mahmoud Salah Eldin Hamed (; born 20 December 1927) is an Egyptian economist. He served as Finance minister from 1976 until 1978 and from 1982 and 1986. He also served as Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt from 1986 until 1993.
He worked as a professor of economics at the Faculty of Commerce and the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, as well as at the National Planning Institute and the National Institute for Administrative Development.
Biography He graduated as Bachelor in economics in the Cairo University.
Hamed served as a core architect of Egypt's fiscal framework during an era of significant transition in the 1970s and 1980s, holding the office of Minister of Finance across two distinct terms.
During his governance of the central bank, he was highly regarded by international financial institutions for his analytical support and steering of Egypt's macro-economic reforms. He spearheaded the implementation of the Financial Policy for Adjustment and Growth frameworks in cooperation with the World Bank.
He served as an appointed director on the board of the British Arab Commercial Bank, in 1991, a position he held until his formal resignation from the role in March 1994.
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