Yehia Abdel Aziz Abdel Fatah El-Gamal ( ar, يحيى عبد العزيز عبد الفتاح الجمل, ; 15 August 1930 – 21 November 2016) was an Egyptian lawyer and politician ( DFP). From January to July 2011, he was the deputy prime minister of Egypt.

Early life

El Gamal was born on 15 August 1930. He is a classmate of Ahmad Zaki Yamani.

Political career

El Gamal was a minister of state and administrative reform from 1974 to 1975 under the premiership of Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi and the presidency of

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. Since 1975 he has been a professor for constitutional law at the

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. He served as a

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during

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's term as minister of culture at the beginning of the 2000s. He was also a member of the People's Assembly. In 2007, he co-founded the liberal

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. On 29 January 2011, interim Prime Minister

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made him his deputy. El-Gamal kept his office when

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succeeded Shafik as prime minister on 3 March, and he was sworn in on 7 March. In late June he handed in his resignation, but head of state

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asked him to carry on with his duties. After massive new protests on

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in Cairo, El-Gamal resigned on 12 July 2011. He was an adherent of the

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which endorsed the candidacy of

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for the 2011 presidential election. In addition, he chaired the National Consensus, a conference that monitored the interim period. Yehia El-Gamal accused Israel of being responsible for the difficulties and conflicts Egypt was facing.

Law and academic career

El Gamal served as visiting professor at different universities, including

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, Rabat University and

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. He is a member of the board of trustees of the

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and of the

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, among the others. In addition, he is a counsel for the Kuwaiti law firm ''AlBisher Legal''. El Gamal was also practicing attorney of law and head of the El Gamal Law Firm. He died on 21 November 2016.

Publication

El Gamal published several books concerning constitutional and administrative law, contemporary political systems and local government. In addition, he published his memoirs in a book entitled, ''Kesat Haya Adeyya'' (An Ordinary Life Story in English). It was first published in 2002 by the El Helal publications. His book was republished in 2011 by the Dar El Shorouk publications.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gamal, Yehia El- 1930 births 2016 deaths Lawyers from Cairo Administrative Development Ministers of Egypt Academic staff of Cairo University