Dr.Moustafa Madbouly, the Prime Minister, announced the selection of Prof. Tarek El Gammal, President of Assiut University, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Supreme Authority for Upper Egypt Development, under the chairmanship of Major-General Sami Hassan Mansour Al-Shinawi. The Board, extending for three years, includes a number of representatives of ministries and concerned bodies. Dr. Tarek Al-Gammal expressed his pride in the membership of the Board which is appointed under Law No. 157 of 2018 issued by President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi and approved by the House of Representatives. The board aims to reflect the insistence of the political leadership in improving the standards of living for more than 40 million citizens in the various governorates of Upper Egypt and striving to develop the level of services provided to them. Dr. Tarek Al-Gamal stressed on his keenness to cooperate and participate actively with all the members of the Authority in order to achieve the task entrusted to it and which aims at developing a plan to accelerate the achievement of the comprehensive development of Upper Egypt with the participation of its people within the framework of the General Plan for Economic and Social Development of the State.