Farouk Seif Al Nasr

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Farouk Seif Al Nasr
Minister of Justice
In office
October 1987 – July 2004
PresidentHosni Mobarak
Prime MinisterAtef Sedki
Atef Ebeid
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 term.

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 firstly been appointed in October 1987.[2] The cabinet was headed by then Prime Minister Atef Sedki. Nasr was also appointed to the post to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid in October 1999.[2] In 2003, Nasr was the president of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization.[3] Nasr was removed from office,[4] and Mahmoud Abul Leil replaced him in the post aforementioned above on 12 July 2004 when the cabinet of Ahmed Nazif was formed.[5][6]

Personal life[]

Nasr was married and had three children.[1] He died in December 2009 at the age of 87.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Egypt Foreign Policy and Government Guide. Int'l Business Publications. 1999. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-7397-3550-3.
  2. ^ a b Shaden Shehab (14–20 October 1999). "Shuffle sense". Al Ahram Weekly. 451. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
  3. ^ Africa South of the Sahara 2003. Psychology Press. 2003. p. 1284. ISBN 978-1-85743-131-5.
  4. ^ "Egypt: Shura Council Elections and a Cabinet Change". Carnegie Endowment. 20 July 2004. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  5. ^ Shaden Shehab (15–21 July 2004). "The cabinet's new look". Al Ahram Weekly. 699. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Egypt: Shura Council Elections and a Cabinet Change". Carnegie Endowment. 20 July 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  7. ^ وفاة المستشار فاروق سيف النصر وزير العدل الأسبق (in Arabic)
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