Mortada Ahmed Mohamed Mansour ( ar, مرتضى أحمد محمد منصور; born 17 June 1952 in Cairo) is an Egyptian lawyer who serves as president of

Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...

since 2014. Mansour announced his intention on 6 April 2014 to pursue the presidency in the 2014 Egyptian presidential election, though he withdrew on 19 April and announced his support for former defense minister

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mil ...

for the presidency.

Education and Politics

Mansour studied law at

Ain Shams University Ain Shams University ( ar, جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. History Ain Shams University was fou ...

, and graduated in 1974. 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 t ...

, from 2000 to 2005, then from 2015 to 2020, representing

Dakahlia Governorate Dakahlia Governorate ( ar, محافظة الدقهلية ', ) is an Egyptian governorate lying northeast of Cairo. Its area is approximately 3,500 km2. Although the capital of the governorate is Mansoura, it got its name from the ancient to ...

Personal life

Mansour is married to Najwa al-Deeb, with whom he has two sons and one daughter. He was imprisoned in 2007 for three years, on charges of insulting the head of a judicial body and trying to storm his office.

Opinions

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Mansour has called the day of the

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, 25 January, "the worst-ever day in Egypt's history". He also holds very strict and negative thoughts and comments towards Zamalek SC's arch rival, Al-Ahly, and consistently accuses them of manipulating the Egyptian football federation for fixing the schedules in their favor. He also believed that

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and

genies Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic mytho ...

were responsible for Zamalek SC's bad luck and poor performances. Mansour is a vocal critic of actresses and their dresses in Egyptian media. During the

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, he criticized robots like Sophia and her manufacturers for imitating God's creation, when he said:

Legal issues

In January 2020, the Egyptian parliament led by

Ali Abdel Aal Ali Abdel Aal Sayyed Ahmed ( ar, علي عبد العال; born 29 November 1948) is an Egyptian law professor and politician. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives between 10 January 2016 and 12 January 2021. As law professor he worked a ...

refused three demands to strip Mansour of immunity, due to the presence of malicious suspicion of the complaints, and previous disagreements between him and the accusers. In August 2020, there was a hearing in the Egyptian parliament whether to lift immunity of Mansour, following a voice leak, in which he insulted Al-Ahly president

Mahmoud El Khatib Mahmoud Ibrahim Ibrahim El Khatib ( ar, محمود إبراهيم إبراهيم الخطيب; born 30 October 1954), popularly nicknamed Bibo ( ar, بيبو), is an Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly. He is widely rega ...

and his former player Mahmoud Kahraba. In the meantime, Mansour claimed that his phone was hacked by a Qatari intelligence officer. On 4 October 2020, the Board of Directors of the

Egyptian Olympic Committee The Egyptian Olympic Committee ( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية المصرية, abbreviated as EOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Egypt and a part of the International Olympic Committee. History ...

decided to suspend Mortada Mansour from practicing any sporting activity in Egypt for four years, based on complaints submitted by the president of Al-Ahly Mahmoud El Khatib and many others. On 22 November 2021, Mansour and his board of directors officially returned back to Zamalek SC management, following the departure of the normalization committee until the club's elections. On 12 February 2022, Mansour became the president of Zamalek club for the third time, after the elections held by the club through the general assembly.

References

1952 births Lawyers from Cairo Zamalek SC presidents Living people Politicians from Cairo Ain Shams University alumni {{Egypt-bio-stub