President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued Presidential Decree No. 600 of 2024 reconstituting the Grand Egyptian Museum Authority’s Board of Trustees for a three-year term. The board is chaired by President El-Sisi and includes:
International members
Taro Aso
Yuji Kurihara
Prince Sultan bin Salman
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, ex officio
Egyptian members
The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities
The Minister of Culture
The Minister of Finance
The Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Zahi Hawass
Farouk Hosny
Hisham Okasha
Mohamed Lotfy Mansour
Broadcaster Sherif Amer
Ghada Fathy Waly
Khaled Ahmed El-Enany
The announcement was published on the State Information Service’s official website.
According to the Official Gazette, the board sets the authority’s general policies and approves implementation plans, monitors and evaluates its work, supports and follows its activities, and provides guidance. It may take the decisions needed to fulfill the authority’s purposes under the law. The board meets annually or whenever necessary at its chairman’s invitation. The minister responsible for antiquities presents activity reports, and the chairman may invite others to attend meetings.
