Atef Ebeid
Atef Ebeid عاطف محمد عبيد | |
|---|---|
| 47th Prime Minister of Egypt | |
| In office 5 October 1999 – 14 July 2004 | |
| President | Hosni Mubarak |
| Preceded by | Kamal Ganzouri |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Nazif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1932 Tanta, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Died | 12 September 2014 (aged 82) |
| Political party | National Democratic Party (Egypt) |
| Alma mater | Cairo University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Atef Muhammad Ebeid (Arabic: عاطف محمد عبيد, IPA: [ˈʕɑːtˤef mæˈħæmmæd ʕeˈbeːd]) (14 April 1932 – 12 September 2014) was an Egyptian politician who served in various capacities in the governments of Egypt. He was Prime Minister of Egypt from 1999 to 2004.
Early life and education[edit]
Ebeid was born in Tanta, Gharbia Governorate, on 14 April 1932.[1] He graduated from Cairo University in 1955 and received a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1962.[2]
Career[edit]
Ebeid was professor of business at Cairo University until joining politics. In the 1980s he was the Minister of Cabinet Affairs.[3] He served as the Minister for Domestic Development under the Sedki government, and then as Minister of Planning in the government of Kamal Ganzouri.[4] He served as Prime Minister from 5 October 1999 to July 2004. He was sworn in on 5 October 1999, replacing Ganzouri.[4]
Ebeid served as the acting president of Egypt from 20 June 2004 to 6 July 2004, a period during which President Hosni Mubarak was receiving medical treatment in Germany.[5] He was also an economic advisor to Mubarak.[6] He resigned on 9 July 2004, amid increasing pressure from part of the business community demanding more rapid privatization and less state regulation.[7] Ahmed Nazif replaced him in the post.[8]
Then Ebeid headed the Arab International Bank, a popular post with former Egyptian prime ministers. In April 2011 he was removed from office by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf due to corruption allegations.[6] He also wrote for the Akhbar Alyoum.[9]
Controversy[edit]
Ebeid was sentenced to ten years in prison on 1 March 2012 for squandering public funds.[10] His assets were also frozen previously.[6] In early January 2013 the Egypt's Court of Appeal overturned the verdict and ordered the ex-PM's retrial, which was held at late January 2013.[11] The court again acquitted him of fraud charges in land case.[11] He died on 12 September 2014.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Index E". Rulers. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ "Illini Everywhere: Egyptian Illini, Since 1910 – Student Life and Culture Archives – U of I Library". www.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ El Sherif, Hisham (January–February 1990). "Managing Institutionalization of Strategic Decision Support for the Egyptian Cabinet". Interfaces. 20 (1): 97–114. doi:10.1287/inte.20.1.97. JSTOR 25061314.
- ^ a b Shehab, Shaden (14 October 1999). "Shuffle sense". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ "Reform in the making". Al-Ahram Weekly. 24 June 2004. Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ a b c Hussein, Salma (7 April 2011). "Egypt PM dismisses Atef Ebeid from AIB chairmanship". Al Ahram Online. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ "Egypt sacks former PM Ebeid as Arab Int'l Bank head". Daily News Egypt. Cairo. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ Salah, Mohammad (8 March 2010). "The President and his Vice President". Dar Al Hayat International. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ al Muslimani, Ahmed (13 October 2008). "PM Atef Ebeid's State". Almasry Alyoum. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ "Egypt: 10-Year Prison Sentence For Atef Ebeid and Youssef Wali". Aswat Masriya (Cairo). 1 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Egypt court acquits ex-PM Atef Ebeid of fraud charges in land case". Egypt. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ Abdel-Hamid, Ashraf (11 March 2017). "Wife of a former Egyptian prime minister 'involved in torturing orphans'". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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