Dr. Ashraf Sobhy is the Minister of Youth and Sports and Head of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Youth and Sports Ministers. He was elected in 2023 as President of the African University Sports Confederation. He is also a member of the foundation council of the International Anti-Doping Agency, He worked as Assistant to the Minister of Youth and Sports and Director of the Cairo Stadium Authority. He was also Head of the Marketing Sector & investment in Zamalek Club and a member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Football Association. Dr. Ashraf worked in the UAE as the executive director of the Baniyas Club. And he is a professor of sports management at the Faculty of Sports Education at Helwan University and holds a PhD in sports management from Ottawa University in Canada.
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