Moussa Mostafa Moussa ( ar, موسى مصطفى موسى; born 13 July 1952) is an Egyptian architect and politician. He became the leader of

El-Ghad Party The el-Ghad Party ( ar, حزب الغد ', ; "The Tomorrow Party") is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party pressing for widening the scope of poli ...

in 2005 and was a candidate 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. ...

Early life

Moussa was born in

Giza Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah'' arz, الجيزة ' ) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9.2 ...

. He started his studies in Egypt but, on his father's advice, completed them in

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, earning a master's degree in Architecture from

École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles The École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles commonly referred to as the ENSAV, is a leading French architectural school located at the ancient stables of the Versailles Palace. It is an associate member of the University Paris-S ...

. He was a member of the youth organisation of the

New Wafd Party The New Wafd Party ( ar, حزب الوفد الجديد, , New Delegation Party), officially the Egyptian Wafd Party and also known as the Al-Wafd Party, is a nationalist liberal party in Egypt. It is the extension of one of the oldest and his ...

and then the party itself.

Career

He joined El-Ghad Party in 2005, becoming vice-chairman. After its leader

Ayman Nour Ayman Abd El Aziz Nour ( arz, أيمن عبد العزيز نور, ; born 5 December 1964) is an Egyptian politician, a former member of the Egyptian Parliament, founder and chairman of the El Ghad party. Nour was the first man to ever compet ...

was sentenced to five years in jail, El-Ghad split into two factions, led respectively by Moussa and Gameela Ismail. They fought to be recognized as successors and both used the party's name and symbols. The dispute was resolved in May 2011 in favour of Moussa's group. He unsuccessfully ran for the Egyptian House of Representatives where he would have represented the Southern Giza constituency in the 2010 elections. He also led the party during the 2011–12 election. Moussa was originally a supporter of

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 ...

, incumbent

President of Egypt The president of Egypt is the executive head of state of Egypt and the de facto appointer of the official head of government under the Egyptian Constitution of 2014. Under the various iterations of the Constitution of Egypt following the Egyp ...

. He played a role in collecting pledges for Sisi until 20 January 2018, when he announced running for office. He claimed to have support from 26 members of parliament and 47,000 signatures. He submitted all the documents and signatures to the National Election Authority the next day at 1:45pm, just 15 minutes before the deadline. He claims not to be a phony candidate in spite of supporting Sisi's candidacy.. Because other potential candidates either declined to start or were forced out, Moussa was the only candidate running apart from Sisi.

Personal life

He is married and has one son and two daughters. His brother Ali Moussa was a chief of Egypt's Chamber of Commerce.

References

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