Ahmed Nazif
Ahmed Nazif أحمد نظيف | |
|---|---|
| In office 14 July 2004 – 28 January 2011[1] | |
| President | Hosni Mubarak |
| Preceded by | Atef Ebeid |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Shafik |
| 1st Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
| In office 5 October 1999 – 14 July 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atef Ebeid |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Tarek Kamel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 July 1952 Cairo, Egypt |
| Political party | National Democratic Party (1999-2011) |
| Spouse(s) | Mona Sayed Abdul Fattah (Deceased) Zeinab Zaki (2010–present) |
| Children | 3
Sherif Nazif Khaled Nazif Mariam Nazif |
| Alma mater | Cairo University McGill University |
Ahmed Nazif (
Life and work
Nazif was born in
Having come to power replacing outgoing Prime Minister
However, following the Egyptian Revolution, President Mubarak announced in his first appearance since the protests began that he had asked Nazif and his government to resign, effectively sacking one of the modern Republic's longest-serving governments. Ahmed Shafik, who had been Minister of Civil Aviation, was appointed to replace Nazif as Prime Minister on 29 January 2011. He was taken into custody on April 10, 2011, following the Egyptian revolution of 2011 that incarcerated all of the governing elite, on allegations of wasting public money, corruption and allowing others to profit, pending a court trial. On May 4, 2016, a final verdict by the highest court of appeal in Egypt acquitted Nazif of all charges of corruption.[2]
During his tenure as the first Minister for Communications and Information Technology he was credited with establishing Egypt's free internet connectivity plan as well as improving public access to computers through low-price computers sold by private producers through the Egyptian Telecommunications Company (
Education and family
- Graduated from El Nasr Boys' School (EBS) in Alexandria, Egypt in 1969.
- B.Sc. from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, majoring in Communication and Electronics.
- Electrical Engineering from Cairo University in 1976.[3]
- Nazif's wife died in 2009.
- Nazif resides in a suburban complex with his two sons. He is the son of former wealthy sailor who owned a sea shipping company, Mahmoud Nazif. His grandfather Mohammed Bey Nazif was undersecretary of Ministry of Health in the time of King Farouk.
- On January 18, 2010, it was officially announced that Nazif will marry Zeinab Zaki, vice president of Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), in February 2010.[5]
See also
- List of national leaders
- Prime minister of Egypt
References
- ^ "Countries E". rulers.org. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ محكمة-النقض-تقضى-ببراءة-أحمد-نظيف-فى-قضية-الكسب-غير
- ^ a b "Prime Minister". Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Al-Ahram Weekly Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "عقد قران الدكتور أحمد نظيف الشهر القادم على مسئولة بوزارة الاتصالات". Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
External links
Media related to Ahmed Nazif at Wikimedia Commons
- Article in Egypt Today Magazine Archived 2004-09-26 at the Wayback Machine