Ahmed Ezz

Ahmed Ezz ( Arabic أحمد عز; * January 12, 1959 ) is an Egyptian businessman and politician. Until the 2011 revolution he was the owner of the steel manufacturer Ezz Steel and a member of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in the People's Assembly and chairman of the National Budget Committee. He was considered the personal confidante of the then President Husni Mubarak . After his fall, Ezz was also arrested. In 2012 he was sentenced to a long prison term for corruption. He was released on bail in 2014 under the new ruler al-Sisi .

At the end of 2010, Ezz wanted to lay off 4,000 workers from his company and replace them with foreign workers. As a result, riots broke out in Suez .

Web links

Official website of the company

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b François Pradal: Suez, city of resistance. In: the daily newspaper . February 3, 2012, retrieved on February 8, 2012 (from Le Monde diplomatique ).
↑ Egyptian steel magnate Ahmed Ezz convicted. In: BBC News . October 4, 2012, accessed August 4, 2015 .
↑ Egypt frees steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz on bail. In: al-Arabiya . August 7, 2014, accessed August 4, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ezz, Ahmed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Egyptian businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1959

[TAZStadt-1] A ^b François Pradal: Suez, city of resistance. In: the daily newspaper . February 3, 2012, retrieved on February 8, 2012 (from Le Monde diplomatique ).

[2] Egyptian steel magnate Ahmed Ezz convicted. In: BBC News . October 4, 2012, accessed August 4, 2015 .

[3] Egypt frees steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz on bail. In: al-Arabiya . August 7, 2014, accessed August 4, 2015 .