Hassan Al Alfi ( ar, حسن الألفي; 3 March 1936 – 3 November 2021) was an Egyptian police major and politician, who served as governor and interior minister of Egypt from 1993 to 1997. He resigned from office following the
Luxor massacre
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Attack
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.
Career
Alfi was the governor of
Asyut province until 18 April 1993.
He was appointed interior minister by
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Hosni Mubarak
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to the cabinet headed by
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Atef Sedki
Atef Mohamed Naguib Sedky (29 August 1930 – 25 February 2005) ( ar, عاطف محمد نجيب صدقى, ) was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1986 until 1996. He replaced Aly Mahmoud Lotfy on November 10, 1986.
Biography
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on 18 April 1993, replacing
Abdul Halim Moussa
Abdul Halim Moussa ( ar, عبد الحليم موسى; c. 1930 – 2003) was an Egyptian police major general and interior minister who was in office from 1990 to 1993.
Early life and education
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in the post.
[ Alfi was not a member of Mubarak's party when he was appointed. Alfi implemented heavy-handed security steps to crack down on the Islamist militants, reducing their hit-and-run attacks during his tenure.
Alfi resigned from office on 18 November 1997, the day after more than 60 people were ]murdered
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by Gama'a al Islamiyya in Luxor
Luxor ( ar, الأقصر, al-ʾuqṣur, lit=the palaces) is a modern city in Upper (southern) Egypt which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of ''Thebes''.
Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open-a ...
. He was succeeded by Habib Al Adli as interior minister.
Assassination attempt
Alfi survived an assassination attempt in Cairo perpetrated allegedly by Islamist militants on 18 August 1993.[ However, he was seriously injured in the attack which claimed the lives of at least four people, one of whom was his bodyguard.][ ]Egyptian Islamic Jihad
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was the perpetrator of the attack.
Controversy
Alfi was tried in Cairo's criminal court due to the allegations of corruption and abuse of power in 1998.[ The claims were brought by the lawyers of '' Al Shaab'' newspaper, an Islamist-oriented daily.]
Death
Hassan Al Alfi died on 3 November 2021.[
]
References
External links
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20th-century Egyptian politicians
1936 births
2021 deaths
Interior Ministers of Egypt
Survivors of terrorist attacks