Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, has issued a new round of leadership appointments and transfers within the petroleum sector.

Ehab Ragaee, First Undersecretary for Production Affairs at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MoPMR), retired after nearly 36 years of service in Egypt’s petroleum sector, concluding a distinguished career that spanned both production companies and senior leadership roles at the MoPMR.

Badawi extended his appreciation to Ragaee, praising his long professional journey and the pivotal positions he held, from his early days as a reservoir engineer at the Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company GUPCO in 1990.In 2015, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of WAHA Petroleum Company and later served as Chairman and Managing Director of Tharwa Petroleum Company in 2021, before assuming his latest role as First Undersecretary for Production Affairs at the MoPMR in 2024. The minister praised Ragaee’s long professional career, noting that he held several key positions throughout his tenure, beginning in production companies before moving to the ministry headquarters, where he served as General Manager and later Head of the Central Administration for Production.

The minister also thanked Ashraf Bahaa, Chairman of the South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company (Ganope), for his service till he reached retirement age. Badawi commended Bahaa’s leadership career and his contributions across several major petroleum entities. He described him as one of the sector’s prominent leaders, having held senior positions at Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries Company (ENPPI) and Egyptian Maintenance Company (EMC), in addition to serving as Vice Chairman for Planning at the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) before Chairing Ganope.

As part of the transfers, Ishaq Saad Ishaq Attia was appointed Head of the Central Administration for Crude Oil Production and Supervisor of Gas Production at MoPMR. Attia began his career in the sector at Agiba Petroleum Company in 1998 and gradually advanced through several positions. In 2023, he became General Manager of Operations and a board member at PetroGulf before later assuming the position of Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Meanwhile, Samir Mohamed Mohy El-Din Mohamed Raslan was appointed Chairman of Ganope effective May 24, 2026. Raslan began his career as a department manager at Rashid Petroleum Company (Rashpetco) in 1995 and rose through the ranks until he was appointed Head of the Central Administration for Exploration Affairs, while also supervising contracts and agreements at the MoPMR in 2023.