Atef Mohamed Naguib Sedky (29 August 1930 – 25 February 2005) ( ar, عاطف محمد نجيب صدقى, ) was the

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from 1986 until 1996. He replaced Aly Mahmoud Lotfy on November 10, 1986.

Biography

Sedky was born in the

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city of

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. He was a lawyer and economist by training, receiving a doctorate in economics from the

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. Before becoming Prime Minister, he was the director of the Egyptian

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. In 2004, Sedky fractured his thigh. He died on 25 February 2005 at a Cairo hospital. Sedky and his

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-born wife, Ursula, had two children Ahmed and Sherif.

Political career

As prime minister, Sedky supervised and sometimes criticised reforms suggested by the

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. In November 1993, he survived an assassination attempt in

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by the militant Islamic group

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, which resulted in the death of a schoolgirl called Shaimaa. On 2 January 1996, he along with his cabinet resigned; his post was filled two days later by

Kamal Ganzouri Kamal Ganzouri ( ar, كمال الجنزورى, ‎; 12 January 1933 – 31 March 2021) was an Egyptian economist who served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 7 December 2011 to 24 July 2012. He previously served as prime minister from 1996 ...

. Sedky is the longest serving Egyptian prime minister since the Khedivate in 1878.

Death

Sedky died on 25 February 2005.

References

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* 1930 births 2005 deaths 20th-century prime ministers of Egypt University of Paris alumni National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians People from Tanta {{Egypt-politician-stub