Egypt Parliament announced on Saturday appointing Khaled Abdel Ghaffar as the new Minister of Health and Population, after almost 10 months of running the ministry as acting minister, succeeding Hala Zayed. 

Abdel Ghaffar headed the Department of Oral Medicine, Periodontics, Diagnostics, and Radiology at the Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University. He also served as Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, and the Vice President of Ain Shams University for Graduate Studies and Research before being chosen as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.