Mohamed Abou El-Ghar
Mohamed Abou El-Ghar | |
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| President of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 29 March 2011 – 1 April 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Farid Zahran |
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| Born | July 2, 1940 Political Activist |
Dr. Mohamed Abou El-Ghar, also spelled Abul-Ghar, or Aboulghar (
Egyptian Arabic: محمد ابو الغار, IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd abu lˈɣɑːɾˤ]; born on 2 July 1940 in Shibin El Kom, Egypt) is an Egyptian professor of gynecology at Cairo University
and a political activist.
Abou El-Ghar studied medicine at the
Egyptian Revolution of 2011, he demanded democratisation of Egyptian universities.[2]
After the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Abou El-Ghar with some Egyptian political activists, including Amr Hamzawy, and Daoud Abdel Sayed founded the left liberal Egyptian Social Democratic Party.[3] Moreover, he is a spokesman of the National Association for Change close to Mohamed ElBaradei.[1]
He has been on the board of trustees of the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development[4]
References
- ^ a b Gynecologist, political critic – Mohamed Abul Ghar, Youm7, retrieved 25 June 2011[permanent dead link]
- ^ Abdul Aziz, Manal (8 June 2011), "Egypt's academics push for electing top administrators", The Egyptian Gazette, retrieved 25 June 2011[permanent dead link]
- ^ Farag, Fatemah, "Mohamed Abul-Ghar: The doctor is in", Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, archived from the original on 8 March 2015, retrieved 25 June 2011
- ^ Sawiris Cultural Award’s Winners for 2010, SawirisFoundation.org, archived from the original on 13 December 2019, retrieved 25 June 2011