Arabic: يوسف بطرس غالي Born: August 20, 1952 Youssef Botrous-Ghali served as Egypt's Minister of Finance from 2004 until 2011, when he was ousted as part of a cabinet shuffle in the wake of Egypt's January 25 Revolution. In February 2011, Botrous-Ghali and his wife fled Egypt for Lebanon, anticipating a travel ban, asset freezing and possible arrest. Botrous-Ghali was later charged with corruption and an arrest warrant was issued by Interpol. On June 4, 2011 Botrous-Ghali was found guilty in absentia of being absent for court cases. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison and a 60 million EGP fine (U.S. $1 million), to be paid to the Egyptian government. Botrous-Ghali was a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund and served as Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee until his resignation in February 2011. From 1986 to 1993 he was the economic advisor to Egypt's Prime Minister and the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt. From 1993 to 1996 Botrous-Ghali served as Minister of State for the Council of Ministers and Minister for International Cooperation. In 1996 Botrous-Ghali was named Minister of State for Economic Affairs, and from 1997 until 2001 served as Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade. He served as Minister of Foreign Trade from 2001 until 2004, when he was appointed Minister of Finance. Youssef Botrous-Ghali is the nephew of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Botrous Botrous-Ghali.
