Tarek Makram Shaker is an Egyptian politician. A
Coptic Christian, he has served as Vice President of the Egyptian House in the US, an organization claiming to represent the Egyptian community in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
.
Tarek Shaker was appointed by
SCAF to the
People's Assembly of Egypt
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. Unde ...
in January 2012. However, he has subsequently faced allegations that he is actually American, as well as being a twice-convicted criminal, and hence may not be eligible to sit in the parliament.
SCAF's Parliament appointee may be illegal
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Members of the House of Representatives (Egypt)
Egyptian people of Coptic descent
Coptic politicians
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