Background
Banbi, Hamdi Ali Abdel Wahhab was born on October 4, 1935 in Asyut, Egypt.
Banbi, Hamdi Ali Abdel Wahhab was born on October 4, 1935 in Asyut, Egypt.
Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering, Cairo University, 1958. Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering, Tulsa University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Petroleum Engineering, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1963.
Field production engineer, assistant manager, Compagnie Orientale des Petroles d'Egypte, 1963-1965; assistant professor, Azhar U., Cairo, 1966-1968; senior reservoir engr, deputy chairman, Western Desert Petroleum Corporation, 1968-1977; chairman, managing director, Gulf of Suez Petroleum Corporation, 1977-1988; chairman, Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, 1988-1991; minister of petroleum and mineral resources, Government Egypt, 1991-1993; minister of petroleum, Government Egypt, since 1993.
Married; two children.