Ahmed al-Maghrabi

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Ahmed Alaa el-Din Amin al-Maghrabi ( Arabic أحمد المغربي, DMG Aḥmad al-Maġribī , * 1945 ) is an Egyptian politician . He sits on the board of the Future Generation Foundation (FGF) of Gamal Mubarak and was Egyptian housing minister in the Nazif cabinet . In the course of the revolution in Egypt in 2011 he was released and charged with corruption .

Life

Ahmed al-Maghrabi graduated from Cairo University with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1964 and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of North Carolina in 1966 . In 1968 he received his master's degree in business administration from Columbia University .

In 1990 he was a founding member of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies . From 1997 to 2002 he was a member of the umbrella association of the tourism chambers. His seat on the Management Board of Accor Hotels was suspended for the duration of his participation in the government, so he did not sell his shares in this AG.

In 2002 El-Maghrabi was elected to the Economic Council of the National Democratic Party of Egypt . He was Minister for Tourism in the Abaid Cabinet from October 5, 1999 to July 9, 2004 and Minister for Settlements and Housing in the Nazif Cabinet from July 9, 2004 to January 29, 2011 .

At the beginning of February 2011, the Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmud announced the decision that Ahmed al-Maghrabi was one of the former members of the government who are not allowed to leave Egypt and that their assets have been frozen. On February 4, the public prosecutor began an investigation into him. On February 17, 2011 it became known that he and two other politicians had been arrested on suspicion of corruption . To have him accused of mid-2010 tried with the then Minister of Transport Mohamed Lotfi Mansour for 238 acres (unit) about 96 hectares on an island in the Nile at Aswan act as middlemen. Article 158 of the Egyptian Constitution prohibits members of the government from acquiring and trading in state-owned goods. A court in Cairo sentenced him on May 26, 2011 to five years in prison for corruption.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b “No responsibility” for violence. In: ORF . February 4, 2011, accessed February 4, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ shorouknews.com: النائب العام يقرر منع أحمد عز وعدد من الوزراء والمسئولين السابقين من السفر لاخارج - بوشبة للخارج - بوشبة 2011
  4. ^ Spiegel Online February 17, 2011: Former Egyptian interior minister arrested
  5. ^ Al-Masry Al-Youm February 4, 2011: Dismissed Egyptian housing minister accused of seizing public funds
  6. ^ Al-Masry Al-Youm February 19, 2011: Former ministers and steel tycoon face corruption charges
  7. ^ Al-Masry Al-Youm March 8, 2011: Trial of ousted Housing Minister begins
  8. ↑ Former Egyptian minister sentenced to prison. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 26, 2011, accessed May 27, 2011 .
predecessor Office successor
Mohammed Mamdouh El-Beltagui Egyptian Minister of Tourism
October 5, 1999 to July 9, 2004 		Soheir Garranah
Mohammed Ibrahim Suleiman Egyptian Minister for Settlements and Housing Construction
July 9, 2004 to January 29, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Maghrabi, Ahmed al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maghrabi, Ahmed Alaa el-Din Amin al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1945