Muhammad Husayn Haykal was an Egyptian writer, journalist, politician and a former Minister of Education in Egypt.

Life
Haykal was born in Mansoura, Daqahliyah on August 20 1888. He received a B.A. in Law in 1909 and a JD from the Sorbonne University in 1912. After returning to Egypt, he worked as a lawyer for 10 years, then as a journalist. He was elected editor-in-chief of "al- Siyasa" newspaper, the organ of "The Constitutional Party" for which he was also an advisor. In 1937, he was appointed Minister of State in the Mohammad Mahmoud's Second Government. Then he was appointed Minister of Education where he introduced several reforms including decentralization by establishing educational zones and making programs and curricula nationally oriented. He was greatly influenced and inspired by the comprehensive reforms of Mohammad Abduh, Ahmad Lutfy El Sayed and Qasim Amin.

He died in 1956.