Mahmoud Balbaa

Mahmoud Saad Balbaa (born 30 January 1952) is an Egyptian engineer, businessman and former minister of electricity and energy in the Qandil cabinet.

[1] An engineer by training,[2] he was appointed head of the Egyptian Electric Holding Company in 2011.

[1] He stated in February 2012 that Egypt was ready to supply additional power to the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas would sign off on the deal.

[3] He also worked closely with the former minister of electricity and energy Hassan Younes to realize Banha's electricity generation projects, which would be provided and installed by a coalition of Japanese companies, such as Hitachi and Toyota.

[4] He was appointed the Egypt's minister of electricity and energy in August 2012,[5][6] replacing Hassan Younes.