Tarek El-Molla


Eng. Tarek El-Molla is an Egyptian engineer and current Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources.
El-Molla graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Cairo University in 1986. He worked for international oil company Chevron Corporation in 1987–2010. In 2011 he joined Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, which he headed from August 2013 to September 2015.
On 19 September 2015, he has sworn in as the Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources.

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On 10 May 2017, the French President awarded him the Legion of Honor Medal with the rank of Knight, in recognition of his efforts in advancing Egyptian-French relations in the oil and gas industry.