Raymond Lakah
Raymond Lakah , born as Rami Lakah ( Arabic رامي لكح), is an influential French - Egyptian Roman Catholic merchant who lives in Egypt and is the former owner of the French newspaper France Soir . He is currently chairman of the CEO LAKAH GROUP Cairo and deputy chairman of the liberal reform and development party in Egypt.
Lakah was born into a Christian Egyptian family and first became known to the public with his brother Michel Lakah in the mid-1990s. The Bründer owned holdings in construction, health management and aviation technology. In November 1998 their holdings were traded on the Cairo Stock Exchange, with Rami owning 38 percent and Michel 31 percent.
Political career
In the November 2000 elections , Lakah was elected to the Egyptian parliament at the age of 40 . His election raised the question of the admissibility of people with dual citizenship in government offices, since Lakah is both a French and an Egyptian citizen. In January 2001, Interior Minister Habib al-Adli stated that his election in 2000 was invalid. Discussions about Lakah's liabilities, which began prior to his election, also intensified.
His indebtedness, which ranged from 1.2 to 1.4 billion Egyptian pounds, remained unpaid along with many bonds. When a trial was initiated against him, he fled Egypt and settled in France. In August 2001, a court ruled that he could not be a member of the Egyptian parliament because of his dual citizenship. In October 2004, the Egyptian parliament introduced a new law that banned people with more than one nationality from being mandated.
Rami Lakah declares that all of his debts are paid in full. In France, he took the name Raymond in place of his Arabic name Rami and began to get himself involved in several companies, including Star Airlines ; in October 2004 he bought France Soir newspaper .
Cartoon controversy
On 2 February 2006, published France Soir , the Mohammed cartoons , the anger among Muslims in Egypt and caused over the world. The cartoons were originally published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on September 30, 2005.
On the same day, Raymond Lakah fired the editorial director Jacques Lefranc .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lakah, Raymond |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lakah, Rami |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |