– Teaching assistant at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University from 1957 until 1959
– Researcher at the General Administration for Groundwater Research, Ministry of Irrigation from 1963 until 1966
– Senior researcher at the General Administration for Planning and Follow-up, Ministry of Irrigation from 1966 until 1969
– Technical director of the office of the President of the Egyptian General Authority for Drainage Projects from 1969 until 1973- Technical director of the Minister of Irrigation’s office from September 1973 until June 1975
– Director of the Water Distribution Research Institute and director of the Water Rationalization Project from June 1975 until October 1979
– Chairman of the National Water Research Center, Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources, with twelve research institutes affiliated to the center from October 1979 until
1997
– Assumed the position of Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation since 1997 until February 2011
– Chairman and member of a number of regional and international committees in the fields of irrigation, drainage and water resources
– Presented more than 157 published papers as well as 15 books in all fields of irrigation, drainage and water resources
– Represented Egypt in many international, regional and local conferences in the fields of irrigation, drainage and water resources and supervised the organization of many international conferences in Egypt and abroad

First / In Egypt

● Vice President of the National Committee (IHB-UNESCO) and member of the committee for developing education and technology transfer in the International Hydrology Project.
● Chairman of the committee for preparing Egypt’s water policy for after the year 2000.
● Chairman of the Water Resources Division at the Academy of Scientific Research.
● Chairman of the Irrigation and Drainage Division in the National Democratic Party.

Second / Abroad

● President of the World Water Council from 1994
● President of the International Water Resources Association from 1991 until 1994
● President of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Program from 1996 until 1998
● Vice President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage from 1992 until 1995 and Chairman of the Technical Committee
● Chairman of the Egyptian-Dutch Advisory Council for Irrigation and Drainage from 1988
● Chairman of the International Panel of Experts on the Environmental Impact of Water Projects (World Health Organization)
● Vice President of the Board of Directors of the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies in Paris.

– Elected first President of the World Water Council in 1994
– Received the Order of Excellence of the first class in 1986
– Received from the International Commission on Water Resources the award and certificate of appreciation for the best research presented in the field of water for 1991 (rationalization of water uses)
– Received the Irrigation and Drainage Award in Arid Lands for 1993/1994 from the American Society of Civil Engineers
– Received the American International Irrigation Award for 1996 for his outstanding achievements in irrigation technology
– Received a certificate of appreciation from the International Water Resources Association for his efforts in the association for the period 1991 – 1994
– Received a certificate of appreciation from the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage in 1995
– Received the silver medal from the Food and Agriculture Organization and a certificate for World Food Day 1994
– Elected President of the International Water Resources Association (100 countries for three years) 1991 – 1994
– Chosen as the technical member of the Egyptian delegation to the Water Resources Committee in the multilateral peace talks in the Middle East
– Chosen as the general coordinator of the African Water Resources Network at the level of the African continent (Global Environment Facility in the period from 1987 until 1994)
– Elected in January 1994 as Chairman of the group of international experts in the field of environmental impacts of water projects and it is a joint council of the World Health Organization, the Environment Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization

Most important achievements: –
North Sinai Development Project This project is considered one of the giant national projects implemented by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation with the aim of strengthening and supporting Egypt’s agricultural policy and benefiting from agricultural drainage water that was wasted in the sea
– The total planned area is 620 thousand feddans, of which 220 thousand feddans west of the Suez Canal
– The annual water needs required for the project were estimated at about 4.45 billion m3 of mixed water between fresh Nile water and agricultural drainage water in equal proportions
– The total costs of the project east of the Suez Canal were estimated at 5.7 billion Egyptian pounds
– Completion of the Salam Canal siphon and its opening on October 26, 1997
– Opening of the Salam 4 station in the El-Tina Plain area and completion of the Salam 5 station in the Baluza area
– Establishing the central workshop to serve and maintain lifting stations in Sinai
– Civil works for the Salam 6 stations in preparation for its opening
– Digging and forming the water section of the Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah Canal from behind the siphon to km 24.500 and forming the embankments in the distance from behind the siphon to km 24.730
– Protection works and stabilizing the side slopes of the Sheikh Jaber Canal with gabions along about 86 km on the canal
– The detention structure at km 14.730 and its opening in the October celebrations 1998
– Releasing water in about 100 thousand feddans- Preparing a protective bridge for the project parallel to the canal with a length of 21.14 km
– Infrastructure works for an area of 220 thousand feddans
– Establishing model villages in the El-Tina Plain area including facilities, roads, schools and water supply. South Valley Development Project The South Valley Development Project is considered a dream that has long haunted all Egyptians since ancient times, which is the dream of leaving the narrow valley and benefiting from Egypt’s vast land that overflows with goodness and giving
– The project aims to add a new area of agricultural land that can reach in the future about one million feddans irrigated with surface water from the Nile River in addition to groundwater
– It also aims to establish integrated agricultural, industrial and urban communities based on exploiting primary agricultural resources
– The project was designed so that it starts from the giant main lifting station on the left bank of Lake Nasser, about 50 km north of Toshka Khor, from which two branches are fed with a length of 41.5 km, from which four branches are fed with a total length of about 154 km and the total area in the first phase 540 thousand feddans
– Completion of the studies and designs related to the project
– Completion of 75% of the total volume of the project’s works since the start of work in early 1997
– Basic environment and services work including roads, communication systems, residential colonies, health and social services
– Implementation of more than 80% of the works related to the lifting station and it is expected to be completed in 2002
– Completion of 95% of the works related to the main canal Other achievements
● Prepared the ministry’s water policy until 2017
● Supervised the management and operation of the High Dam during the flood period through the Nile Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Center project using satellite images and the flood prevention program and benefiting from its water
● Supervised the Hammam Canal project and its extension, which aims to irrigate 148 thousand feddans for the development of the northern coast
● Supervised the Sheikh Zayed Canal project east of the Suez Canal to irrigate an area of 40 thousand feddans
● Supervised the Al-Bustan Canal project and its extension to irrigate 125 thousand feddans west of the Delta
● Starting a comprehensive program to replace and renew the barrages on the Nile and the rays, including Esna barrages, new Nag Hammadi barrages, renewal of Assiut barrages, Esna lock, Menoufia ray mouth barrage, Tawfiqi ray, Abbasi barrage, Damietta mazoura and Zifta lock with a total investment of 3732 million pounds
● Supervised improving the efficiency of irrigation and drainage systems and well control in the New Valley and Siwa
● Supervised the establishment of the Groundwater Sector and Nile Protection for the first time in the ministry
● Supervised the establishment of the emergency unit for the Max station in Alexandria Governorate and its opening on October 18, 1997
● Supervised the establishment of the Minya detention structure on the Ibrahimiya Canal km 132.150 and its opening on August 25, 1997
● Supervised the establishment of the central library at the National Water Research Center and the central library at the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation is being developed
● Supervised the establishment of the ministry’s media center and its opening on May 22, 2000
● Supervised the development of the ministry’s information center
● Supervised the development of the central laboratories at the National Water Research Center.