Dr. Khaled Fahmy was appointed to fill the position of Minister of Environment. Between 2009 to 2012, he was Deputy Chief of party, Egyptian Decentralization Initiative (EDI), USAID funded Project; 2005 to Dec 2008: Deputy Chief of party and senior institutional specialist, Sustainable Tourism and Economic Growth in the Red Sea Governorate (LRS), component of USAID funded Livelihood and Income from the Environment Program (LIFE); 2004/ 2005: Deputy Chief of party and senior policy specialist, Lead Remediation project, component of USAID funded Livelihood and Income from the Environment Program (LIFE); 2004: National project coordinator, Creation of a Policy Advice Unit at the Ministry of Planning, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Cairo, Egypt; 2000 to 2004: Deputy chief of party and senior environmental policy specialist, Monitoring, Verification, and Evaluation (MVE) Unit of the USAID funded Egyptian Environmental Policy Program (EEPP), Cairo, Egypt.