Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, issued a decision assigning Rana Gohar, the minister's Advisor for Communication and External Relations, to serve as general supervisor of the ministry's General Department of International Relations and Agreements, in addition to her current duties.
The decision comes in light of the complementarity between the duties of the minister's Advisor for Communication and External Relations and the responsibilities entrusted to the ministry's General Department of International Relations and Agreements. It also reflects the ministry's keenness to make use of distinguished talent in a way that contributes to raising institutional performance, in pursuit of the highest and best levels of work and achievement.
Rana Gohar has held the post of the minister's Advisor for Communication and External Relations since the merger of the ministries of tourism and antiquities in 2019, in addition to being assigned to supervise the ministry's General Department of Public Relations and Protocol since 2023 and the ministry's official website since 2022. She served as media advisor to the Minister of Tourism from 2016 to 2019.
Among the most prominent tasks and responsibilities she undertakes at the ministry are coordination and communication between the ministry and numerous external bodies, both local and international, on multiple files, including cooperation and communication with the embassies of various foreign countries in Egypt, as well as taking part in organizing many local and international events, organizing many diplomatic visits to Egypt, and representing the ministry on many government committees. She also contributed to accomplishing many files, including taking part in managing the two crises faced by Egypt's tourism sector: the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
Before that, Rana Gohar worked in the planning department of the Social Fund for Development, affiliated with the Cabinet and now known as the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency, where her duties included dealing with donors, preparing work plans for the fund's development projects and programs, and preparing funding budgets in coordination between donors and the fund's various programs. Rana Gohar holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University.
