Ahmed Mohamed Shafik, born November 1941, is the Prime Minister of Egypt.
After a career as a fighter pilot, squadron, wing and base commander, Shafik served as the commander of the Egyptian Air Force from 1996–2002, and was nominated in 2002 to become the Egyptian Minister for Civil Aviation.
He was appointed Prime Minister by President Hosni Mubarak on January 29, 2011 in response to the 2011 Egyptian protests.