Egypt’s Ministry of State for Military Production announced on Tuesday, August 30, the appointment of Dina Abdel-Moneim as chairwoman of the board of directors of Shubra Company for Engineering Industries (also known as Military Factory 27), making her the first woman to head an Egyptian military production company.
Shubra Company for Engineering Industries was founded in 1954. It produced the first bullet made entirely in Egypt, which was a 9mm bullet, on October 23, 1954, a date that now marks the country’s military production day. However, the factory now also produces some products for civilian use including electric fans, electric motors, panels and covers.
The decision to appoint Dina Abdel-Moneim as chairman of the board of directors of one of the factories affiliated to the ministry comes in accordance with the directives of the Minister of Military Production, Mohamed Mostafa, to apply the principles of equal opportunity and fairness within the ministry, explained the spokesman of the ministry, Mohamed Bakr.
Dina Abdel-Moneim joined the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production in 1998 as a maintenance engineer in one of its affiliated companies. She worked her way up through several management positions to become the Assistant to the Minister for Development and Monitoring.
Dina Abdel-Moneim holds a university degree in electrical power and machinery engineering and a master’s degree in automatic control. In addition, she earned a certificate in international business from the University of Missouri and graduated from the Leadership for Government Excellence program, which is jointly run by the Egyptian Ministry of Planning, Control and Administrative Reform, the American University in Cairo and King’s College.
