communications and longtime friend Tarek Kamel has collaborated strongly to enhance the Egyptian role in international IT markets and improve local infrastructure to support Egypt's exponentially growing demand for IT applications in everyday life. Nazif is also credited with helping to found the first computer engineering department in the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, leading the National Identity Card project and computerizing it, and establishing the Smart Village. "I love to build and that's where I derive my personal satisfaction" - 2010 and "Outsourcing is nature's way of reversing the brain drain" - 2001 are famous quotes of his. He has received Egypt's First Degree Medal of Sciences and Art. Education and family Graduated from El Nasr Boys' School (EBS) in Alexandria, Egypt in 1969. B.Sc. from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, majoring in Communication and Electronics. M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University in 1976. Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at McGill University, Canada in 1983. Nazif's wife died in 2009. Nazif resides in a suburban complex with his two sons. He is the son of former wealthy sailor who owned a sea shipping company, Mahmoud Nazif. His grandfather Mohammed Bey Nazif was undersecretary of Ministry of Health in the time of King Farouk. On January 18, 2010, it was officially announced that Nazif will marry Zeinab Zaki, vice president of Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), in February 2010. See also List of national leaders Prime minister of Egypt References External links Article in Egypt Today Magazine 1952 births 21st-century prime ministers of Egypt Cairo University alumni Living people McGill University Faculty of Engineering alumni National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians Prime Ministers of Egypt People of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 Politicians from Cairo Heads of government who were later imprisoned 20th-century Egyptian engineers Engineers from Cairo