Education
Banbi studied petroleum engineering at and graduated in 1963.
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Banbi is an engineer by training. He served as the chairman of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation until 1991. He was appointed oil minister on 20 May 1991 to the cabinet headed by then prime minister Atef Sedki.
Banbi replaced Abdel Hadi Qandil as oil minister.
Shortly after his appointment, Banbi modified oil pricing of Egypt and also, reshuffled officials at the ministry. He also served as oil minister in the first cabinet of then prime minister Kamal Ganzouri.
Bambi was in office until 5 October 1999. Sameh Fahmi succeeded him as oil minister.
After leaving office, Bambi became the coordinator of the energy committee for the national economics and production authority in Egypt.
He was also the president of the Arab society for mining and petroleum and the Egypt"s gas society. Banbi founded TAQA Arabia in 2006, and serves as the chairman of the firm.
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Membership
In addition he is a board member of the Egypt"s engineering society. Banbi is a member of the Petroleum Engineering Academy of Distinguished Graduates at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University.
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Political Party
National Democratic Party (NDP)