Adel al-Chajat

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Adel Assad al-Chajat or Adel al-Chayat ( Arabic عادل أسعد خياط, DMG ʿĀdil Asʿad Ḫaiyāṭ ; * 1950 or 1951 in Sohag ) is an Egyptian politician . He was a member of the militant Gamaa Islamija and was governor of Luxor ( al-Uqsur ) in June 2013 .

Life

Career

Adel al-Chajat is a civil engineer and specialist in residential and urban construction. After the fatal assassination attempt on Anwar al-Sadat in 1981, al-Khayat was imprisoned for about a year without charge. al-Chajat held positions in various engineering associations. Among other things, he worked as an undersecretary in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. After the 2011 revolution , he was one of the founding members of the Development and Development Party , which is considered the political arm of the former terrorist group Gamaa Islamija.

Before becoming governor, he served as the vice chairman of the Development Agency of Upper Egypt .

governor

On June 16, 2013, President Mohammed Morsi appointed him to succeed Essat Saad as governor of Luxor. He justified the step with the skills of Gamaa Islamija to fight crime. His appointment sparked widespread protests. Above all, his membership in this terrorist organization, which was responsible for the attack on a tourist group in Luxor with 62 dead , caused displeasure. Tourism Minister Hisham Sasu submitted his resignation on June 18, two days after al-Khayat was appointed, handing over a collection of outraged reactions from abroad to Prime Minister Hescham Kandil .

On June 19, hundreds of al-Chajat's opponents blocked access to the governor's building and threw several incendiary devices. When around 300 Islamists appeared to drive the demonstrators away, mediators and police intervened. On June 23, it was reported that he had resigned.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Mursi tears open old wounds. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 20, 2013, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b Governor of Luxor resigns from office. In: tagesschau.de . June 23, 2013, archived from the original on June 25, 2013 ; Retrieved June 23, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Morsi appoints eight Islamists as governors. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. June 17, 2013, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Egypt's tourism minister resigns because of Islamists. In: The Standard . June 19, 2013, accessed June 20, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Chajat, nobility al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chajat, Adel Assad al- (full name); Chyat, Adel al
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1950 or 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Sohag