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Kamal Abu-Eita, also known as Kamal Abu 'Ayata is a long-time Egyptian labor activist. He also formerly served the Minister of Interior of Egypt, until being replaced by Nahed Ashri in March 2014.

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Background
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Pre-January 25 Revolution
He was active in supporting the January 25th revolution. For several years he was a member of the outlawed Nasserist Karamah party. He represented the party as a MP after being elected in 2011, having run as a member of the FJP-affiliated Democratic Alliance.

Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions
While a senior leader of the EFITU, the CTUWS decided to withdraw from the union. By October 2011 the CTUWS and 148 other unions established the EDLC. In the 2014, the EDLC and EFITU are estimated to represent nearly two million Egyptian workers.

Minister of Manpower
Abu-Eita was originally appointed Minister of Manpower during during the 2012 Morsi Cabinet. His appointment was aggressively rejected by the ETUF, viewing him as animus towards the group.

Upon being nominated to the ministry, he announced that his primary objective as minister would be promoting the long-sought minimum wage law. The law would raise public sector salaries from a minimum of 700LE to LE1,200 per month.

His record as Minister is a mixed one.

Political Activities
He gained notoriety for helping to establish the Real Estate Tax Authority Independent General Union in 2009 - the country’s first independent trade union. The move was aggressively rejected by the state-tied Egyptian Trade Union Federation.

Political Views
Responding to reports that he advocated the teaching of capitalism, Abu-Eita said "I am a Nasserist and I do not support capitalism."

Abu-Eita was co-founder of the Nasserist Karamah party.