Mamduh Muhammad Salim

Mamduh Muhammad Salim or Mamdouh Salem ( Arabic ممدوح سالم) (* 1918 in Alexandria ; † February 25, 1988 in London ) was an Egyptian politician , general and Prime Minister .

Police General and Provincial Governor

Salem completed military training, in which he rose to police general and commander of the Alexandria police in 1964 . As such, he also became President Gamal Abdel Nasser's security advisor .

In 1967 he became governor of Asyut Province . In 1970 he was then governor of the province of Al-Gharbiyya for a short time before he became governor of the province of Al-Iskandariyya (Alexandria) in the same year .

Rise to prime minister under President Sadat

In 1971 he was appointed Minister of the Interior in his cabinet by President Anwar al-Sadat . In this function he also became a member of the Central Committee (ZK) of the Unity Arab Socialist Union. Within a few months he rose to the position of Deputy Prime Minister in 1972.

When there were violent riots across the country following food cuts and a rise in inflation , President Sadat appointed him Prime Minister on April 16, 1975, to succeed Abd al-Aziz Muhammad Hijazi . Salem, a loyal supporter of Sadat's peace policy, also formed the first multi-party government in 1977. In 1978 he united his Arab Socialist Party with the National Democratic Party newly founded by Sadat. On October 2, 1978, he unexpectedly resigned as prime minister after finding out that Sadat was about to appoint a new government after several ministers from Salem's cabinet resigned in protest of the Camp David agreement with Israel .

Under Sadat's successor, Husni Mubarak , he was temporarily the presidential adviser.

Web links

• Biography in rulers.org