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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Kamal Ganzouri<br><small>كمال الجنزورى</small>
|image        =  Kamal Ganzouri.jpg
|office       = [[List of Prime Ministers of Egypt|46th]] [[Prime Minister of Egypt]]
|president    = [[Mohamed Hussein Tantawi]] <small>(Acting)</small><br>[[Mohamed Morsi]]
|term_start   = 7 December 2011
|term_end     = 2 August 2012
|predecessor  = [[Essam Sharaf]]
|successor    = [[Hesham Qandil]]
|president1   = [[Hosni Mubarak]]
|term_start1  = 2 January 1996
|term_end1    = 5 October 1999
|predecessor1 = [[Atef Sedky]]
|successor1   = [[Atef Ebeid]]
|birth_date   = {{birth date|1933|1|12|df=y}}
|birth_place  = [[Monufia Governorate|Monufia]], [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]]
|death_date   = {{death date and age|2021|3|31|1933|1|12|df=y}}
|death_place  = [[New Cairo]], Egypt
|party        = [[National Democratic Party (Egypt)|National Democratic Party]] <small>(Before 1999)</small><br>[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] <small>(1999–2021)</small>
|alma_mater   = [[Michigan State University]]
}}
'''Kamal Ganzouri''' ({{lang-ar|كمال الجنزورى}}, {{IPA-arz|kæˈmæːl elɡænˈzuːɾi|IPA}}&lrm;; 12 January 1933 – 31 March 2021) was an [[Egypt]]ian [[economist]] and [[politician]]. He was the [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] from 7 December 2011 to 24 July 2012. He was also prime minister from 1996 to 1999.<ref name="Fisk">Fisk, Robert (1996) "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/vision-of-death-that-cairo-views-through-raybans-1360757.html Vision of death that Cairo views through Ray-Bans]", ''[[The Independent]]'', 29 October 1996, Retrieved 13 February 2010.</ref> He succeeded [[Atef Sedki]] and was succeeded by [[Atef Ebeid]]. He was called ''Minister of the Poor'' and ''the Opposition Minister''. This was because of how he dealt with poor people and the opposition. Before becoming prime minister, Ganzouri was Minister of Planning and International Cooperation.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=S93sAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Kamal+Ganzouri%22 Africa research bulletin], Volume 22, Retrieved 13 February 20103</ref> On 24 November 2011, Egypt's [[military]] rulers made him prime minister.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15883031 Egypt military 'appoint Kamal Ganzouri as new PM'], ''BBC News'', 24 November 2011</ref> He took office on 7 December 2011.<ref name="swornin">{{Citation |title=Egyptian prime minister given added powers, swears in cabinet|publisher=CNN|date=7 December 2011|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/07/world/africa/egypt-prime-minister/index.html|access-date=7 December 2011}}</ref>

Ganzouri died in [[Cairo]] on 31 March 2021 at the age of 88.<ref>[https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/100361/Former-Egyptian-PM-Kamal-al-Ganzouri-dies-aged-88 Former Egyptian PM Kamal al-Ganzouri dies aged 88]</ref>

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