Rifaat el-Mahgoub

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Rifaat El Sayed El Mahgoub
Atef Sedki
Preceded byMohamed Kamel Leilah
Succeeded byAhmad Fathi Sorour
Personal details
Born(1926-04-23)23 April 1926
Damietta
Died12 October 1990(1990-10-12) (aged 64)
Cairo
Manner of deathAssassination
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materCairo University

Rifaat El Mahgoub (

Arabic: رفعت المحجوب, IPA: [ˈɾefʕæt elmæħˈɡuːb]; 23 April 1926 – 12 October 1990) was a politician who was serving as speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt when he was assassinated. He was a member of the then ruling National Democratic Party
.

Early life and education

Mahgoub was born in Damietta on 23 April 1926. He received a law degree from Cairo University in 1949.[1] Then he obtained a PhD in economics from the Sorbonne.[1]

Career

Under Naser's administration, Mahgoub took part in the preparatory committee and also participated in the

Arab University of Beirut
from 1968 until 1970 in the School of Economics.

Purging the government, political and security establishments of the

Anwar al-Sadat invited Mahgoub to take part in the Infitah policy phase and he took a series of teaching positions at Cairo University, eventually becoming dean of the faculty of Economics and Political Sciences in 1971.[3][4]

On 2 October 1972, he was appointed by then President

Multi-party
system.

After Sadat's assassination at the hands of Islamic militants, Mahgoub was invited to join the new administration. In February 1984, he announced his accession to the National Party and its Parliamentary Committee. In July 1984, he was elected speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives, position he held until his assassination on 12 October 1990.

Assassination

On 13 October 1990 el-Mahgoub was shot dead while in his car on the streets of Cairo.[1]

Ahmad Isma'il 'Uthman Saleh, Ahmad Ibrahim al-Sayyid al-Naggar, Shawqi Salama Mustafa Atiya and Mohamed Hassan Tita were all renditioned from Albania to Egypt, with the cooperation of the United States, accused of participating in the assassination, as well as a later plot against the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo.[5] Their capture and torture were listed as the main reasons for the US embassies bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.[5]

Works

1. "The Actual Demand" for which he received the Egyptian State Incentive Award in 1963.

2. "Public Finances"

3. "Economic Development in Egypt"

4. "Socialism"

5. "National Sensitivities"

6. "Interest Rate and Balance"

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cowell, Alan (13 October 1990). "Egypt's Parliament Speaker Is Assassinated by Gunmen". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  2. ^ "In Interview with Dr Raf'at al-Mahjub, Egyptian Parliament Speaker: We. Are Not in Hurry To Return to Arabs". Al Majalla. 1–7 September 1984. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ^ Egyptian Supreme Court of Cassation-Rifaat el-Mahgoub biography page (in Arabic), Accessible at http://www.scc.gov.eg/gwa2z%20eldawla/ga2ezat%20eldawla%20eltakdereya/ga2ezat%20eldawla%20eltakdereya-elom%20egtmaaeya/legan-elom%20egtmaeya-refaat%20elmahgob.htm Retrieved 20 October 2007
  4. ^ Arab republic of egypt the people's assembly http://www.parliament.gov.eg/EPA/en/Levels.jsp?levelid=98&levelno=3&parentlevel=80.
  5. ^
    Victoria Advocate, Bombings connect to mysterious arrests
    , 13 August 1998
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