Farouk Seif Al Nasr
Minister of Justice
In office
October 1987 – July 2004
PresidentHosni Mobarak
Prime Minister
Succeeded byMahmoud Abul Leil
Personal details
Born(1922-12-14)14 December 1922
Died31 December 2009(2009-12-31) (aged 87)
NationalityEgyptian
Children3

Farouk Seif Al Nasr (14 December 1922 – 31 December 2009) was an Egyptian politician who served as justice minister in different cabinets during Husni Mobarak's presidency.

Early life and education

Nasr was born on 14 December 1922.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in law.[1]

Career

Nasr was an advisor to the Libyan government.[1] Then he worked as a technical advisor to the Egyptian justice ministry in 1972.[1] He was named as head of the supreme constitutional court in 1982.[1] He served as justice minister in Egypt, the post which he had been appointed in October 1987.[2] The cabinet was headed by Prime Minister Atef Sedki. Nasr was also appointed to the same post in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid in October 1999.[2] As of 2003 Nasr was the president of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization.[3] Nasr was removed from office as justice minister, and Mahmoud Abul Leil replaced him in the post on 12 July 2004 when the cabinet of Ahmed Nazif was formed.[4] During his tenure as justice minister Nasr was a member of the Political Parties Committee which oversaw the legal procedures about the establishment of new political parties in the country.[5]

Personal life

Nasr was married and had three children.[1] He died in December 2009 at the age of 87.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Egypt Foreign Policy and Government Guide. Int'l Business Publications. 1999. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-7397-3550-3.
  2. 1 2 Shaden Shehab (14–20 October 1999). "Shuffle sense". Al Ahram Weekly. Vol. 451. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Africa South of the Sahara 2003 (32nd ed.). London: Europa Publications. 2003. p. 1284. ISBN 978-1-85743-131-5.
  4. ↑ "Egypt: Shura Council Elections and a Cabinet Change". Carnegie Endowment. 20 July 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Joshua Stacher (2004). "Parties over: The demise of Egypt's opposition parties". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 31 (2): 220. doi:10.1080/135301904042000268222. S2CID 145021477.
  6. ↑ وفاة المستشار فاروق سيف النصر وزير العدل الأسبق youm7.com 31 December 2009 (in Arabic)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.