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Nadia
Ahmed Abdou
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Nadia Ahmed Abdou was
sworn in on Thursday before president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as the new governor
of Beheira, the first female to ever hold a governor post in Egypt.
Egyptian
Streets News report continues:
Adbou
is planning to turn Rashid into a touristic area. She also wants to establish
industrial projects, including hospitals, schools, and universities.
Abdou
has served as the deputy governor since 2013. She spent 10 years, from 2002 to
2012, as chief of the Alexandria Drinking Water Company. She was also the first
woman to hold this post. She also supervised water utility projects in
Alexandria.
Beheria
governorate’s official website published Abdou’s biography.
The new governor graduated in 1968 from Alexandria University’s Faculty of
Engineering’s Chemistry department.
Abdou
was also a member of the National Council for Women’s Rights and the National
Democratic Party, headed by ousted president Hosni Mubarak. She was nominated
by Alexandria’s governor for the award of Mohamed Ben Rashed Al Maktoum for
inspirational women.
Abdou has achieved significant progress while she was deputy governor. The governorate’s people call her “Iron Woman”.
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