Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat (محمد أنور عصمت السادات; born 1955) is an
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
ian politician. He was a member of the
Egyptian Parliament
The Parliament of Egypt is the bicameral legislature of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It is composed of an upper house (the Senate) and a lower house (the House of Representatives).
The Parliament is located in Cairo, Egypt's capital. Under th ...
during the rule of
Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.
Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in t ...
. He is related to two prominent Egyptian politicians, as the nephew of
Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
and brother of
Talaat Sadat
Talaat Sadat ( ar, طلعت عصمت السادات; 26 February 1954 – 20 November 2011) was an Egyptian politician, lawyer and former political prisoner. He was the nephew of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and the brother of Mohamed ...
. He won a seat during the
2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt from 28 November 2011 to 11 January 2012, following the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, after which the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) dissolved Parliament. However the dis ...
for the second constituency (Fardi)
Monufia Governorate
Monufia Governorate ( ar, محافظة المنوفية ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, to the south of Gharbia Governorate and to the north of Cairo. The governorat ...
and is the founder of the
Reform and Development Party along with
Raymond Lakah
Raymond Lakah, (born c. 1960 as Rami Lakah) (رامي لكح), is a French people, French-Egyptians, Egyptian Business magnate, magnate, and former owner of the French newspaper ''France Soir''.
Lakah was born in Egypt to a Coptic Orthodox Chu ...
.
He participated actively in
Egyptian politics, and in 2005 he was elected to the
Egyptian People's Assembly (Parliament) where he was a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and the People's Assembly Economic Committee. He was also an active member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA). He participated in several international political, economic and social organizations, conferences and workshops in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
, the
Arab world
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and
Europe
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. He wrote for several Egyptian newspapers with private and political interests on development issues in Egypt. He was involved in the establishment of the Sadat Organization for Development and Social Care, and serves currently as its president. In 2006, Al-Sadat submitted a motion in parliament and demanded an investigation into the activities of the Mubarak aide and Member of Parliament
Zakaria Azmi
Zakaria Azmi ( ar, زكريا عزمي; born June 26 1938) is the former chief of presidential staff in Egypt.
Zakaria Azmi was the National Democratic Party's (NDP) deputy for el-Zeitoun district in eastern Cairo and chief of the presidential s ...
for corruption allegations. Azmi was sentenced to jail in May 2012.
In 2007, he was kicked out of Parliament after declaring bankruptcy.
On 27 February 2017, he was kicked out of the parliament again after criticizing
Egypt's human rights record.
He allegedly “belittled” the Egyptian parliament in correspondence with foreign associations and was accused of falsifying lawmakers' signatures on a draft bill.
He intended to run in the
2018 Egyptian Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Egypt between 26 and 28 March 2018, though Egyptians abroad voted from 16 to 18 March 2018. On 19 January, incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi formally announced he would run for a second and final term. ...
but later withdrew saying that the conditions were not democratic enough for him to run. He could not find a hotel to launch his campaign.
References
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1955 births
Living people
Candidates for President of Egypt
Sadat family
Members of the House of Representatives (Egypt)
Members of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly of 2012
People from Monufia Governorate
21st-century Egyptian politicians
Egyptian political party founders