Atef Sedky

Atef Mohamed Naguib Sedky (29 August 1930 – 25 February 2005) (Arabic: عاطف محمد نجيب صدقى, IPA: [ˈʕɑːtˤef mæˈħæmmæd næˈɡiːb ˈsedʔi]) was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1986 until 1996. He replaced Aly Mahmoud Lotfy on November 10, 1986.

Atef Sedky
عاطف محمد نجيب صدقى
45th Prime Minister of Egypt
In office
10 November 1986 – 2 January 1996
PresidentHosni Mubarak
Preceded byAly Mahmoud Lotfy
Succeeded byKamal Ganzouri
Personal details
Born29 August 1930
Tanta, Egypt
Died25 February 2005(2005-02-25) (aged 74)
Cairo, Egypt
Political partyNational Democratic Party

Biography

Sedky was born in the Nile Delta city of Tanta. He was a lawyer and economist by training, receiving a doctorate in economics from the University of Paris in France. Before becoming Prime Minister, he was the director of the Egyptian Central Auditing Organization. In 2004, Sedky fractured his thigh. He died on 25 February 2005 at a Cairo hospital.[1] Sedky and his German-born wife, Ursula, had two children Ahmed and Sherif.

Political career

As prime minister, Sedky supervised and sometimes criticised reforms suggested by the International Monetary Fund. In November 1993, he survived an assassination attempt in Cairo by the militant Islamic group Vanguards of Conquest, which resulted in the death of a schoolgirl called Shaimaa.[2][3] On 2 January 1996, he along with his cabinet resigned; his post was filled two days later by Kamal Ganzouri.[4] Sedky is the longest serving Egyptian prime minister since the Khedivate in 1878.

Death

Sedky died on 25 February 2005.[5]

References
  1. "Atef Sedki, 75; Premier Helped Lead Egypt to a Market Economy". LA Times. February 27, 2005. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  2. Hedges, Chris (1993-11-26). "EGYPTIAN PREMIER ESCAPES CAR BOMB". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  3. Associated Press (1994-03-18). "Egypt Executes 2, Sentences 9 to Die for Attacks". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  4. "January 1996". Rulers. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. "February 2005". Rulers. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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