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| Amr El-Garhy is Egypt’s ninth finance minister since January 2011 |
The first thing one notices when entering Amr El-Garhy’s office in Cairo’s finance ministry is what is screening on the television by his desk. Finance ministers often keep Bloomberg, CNBC or one of the many news channels running in their offices. On this mid-July day El-Garhy’s office TV is showing a sports channel, specifically football.
“Sometimes you need to see some things that cheer you up,” El-Garhy explains, without apology, “and not all hard figures.
“They drive me mad… oil prices, wheat prices, stockmarket… everything.
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