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{{Short description|Egyptian Prime Minister}}
{{Short description|Prime Minister of Egypt (2004–2011)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ahmed Nazif<br /><small>أحمد نظيف</small>
| name = Ahmed Nazif
| image = Ahmed Nazif IGF.JPG
| image = Ahmed Nazif IGF.JPG
| office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Egypt|48th]] [[Prime Minister of Egypt]]
| office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Egypt|48th]] [[Prime Minister of Egypt]]
| president = [[Hosni Mubarak]]
| president = [[Hosni Mubarak]]
| term_start = 14 July 2004
| term_start = 14 July 2004
| term_end = 28 January 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rulers.org/rule.html#egypt|title=Countries E|website=rulers.org|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
| term_end = 28 January 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rulers.org/rule.html#egypt|title=Countries E|website=rulers.org|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
| predecessor = [[Atef Ebeid]]
| predecessor = [[Atef Ebeid]]
| successor = [[Ahmed Shafik]]
| successor = [[Ahmed Shafik]]
| office2 = 1st [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]]
| office2 = 1st [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]]
| primeminister2 = [[Atef Ebeid]]
| primeminister2 = [[Atef Ebeid]]
| term_start2 = 5 October 1999
| term_start2 = 5 October 1999
| term_end2 = 14 July 2004
| term_end2 = 14 July 2004
| predecessor2 = Position established
| predecessor2 = Position established
| successor2 = [[Tarek Kamel]]
| successor2 = [[Tarek Kamel]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cairo]], [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]]
| birth_place = [[Cairo]], [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]]
| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
| party = [[National Democratic Party (Egypt)|National Democratic Party]] (1999-2011)
| party = [[National Democratic Party (Egypt)|National Democratic Party]] (1999-2011)
| spouse = Mona Sayed Abdul Fattah <small>(Deceased)</small><br />Zeinab Zaki <small>(2010–present)</small>
| spouse = Mona Sayed Abdul Fattah <small>(Deceased)</small><br>Zeinab Zaki <small>(2010–present)</small>
| alma_mater = [[Cairo University]]<br />[[McGill University]]
| children = 3
| alma_mater = [[Cairo University]]<br>[[McGill University]]
| caption = Nazif in 2009
| native_name_lang = ar
| native_name = {{nobold|أحمد نظيف}}
}}
}}
'''Ahmed Nazif''' ({{lang-ar|أحمد نظيف}}, {{IPA-arz|ˈæħmæd nɑˈzˤiːf}}; born 8 July 1952) served as the [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011, when his cabinet was dismissed by [[President (government title)|President]] [[Hosni Mubarak]] in light of a popular uprising that led to the [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011]]. Nazif was Acting President of Egypt from 5 March to 15 April 2010, when President Mubarak delegated his authorities to Nazif while undergoing surgery in Germany.
'''Ahmed Nazif''' ({{langx|ar|أحمد نظيف}}, {{IPA|arz|ˈæħmæd nɑˈzˤiːf}}; born 8 July 1952) served as the [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011, when his cabinet was dismissed by [[President (government title)|President]] [[Hosni Mubarak]] in light of a popular uprising that led to the [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011]]. Nazif was Acting President of Egypt from 5 March to 15 April 2010, when President Mubarak delegated his authorities to Nazif while undergoing surgery in Germany.


==Life and work==
==Life and work==
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However, following the Egyptian Revolution, President Mubarak announced in his first appearance since the protests began that he had asked Nazif and his government to resign, effectively sacking one of the modern Republic's longest-serving governments. [[Ahmed Shafik]], who had been Minister of Civil Aviation, was appointed to replace Nazif as Prime Minister on 29 January 2011. He was taken into custody on April 10, 2011, following the Egyptian revolution of 2011 that incarcerated all of the governing elite, on allegations of wasting public money, corruption and allowing others to profit, pending a court trial. On May 4, 2016, a final verdict by the highest court of appeal in Egypt acquitted Nazif of all charges of corruption.<ref>[http://mobileparlmany.youm7.com/News/4/74945/ محكمة-النقض-تقضى-ببراءة-أحمد-نظيف-فى-قضية-الكسب-غير ]</ref>
However, following the Egyptian Revolution, President Mubarak announced in his first appearance since the protests began that he had asked Nazif and his government to resign, effectively sacking one of the modern Republic's longest-serving governments. [[Ahmed Shafik]], who had been Minister of Civil Aviation, was appointed to replace Nazif as Prime Minister on 29 January 2011. He was taken into custody on April 10, 2011, following the Egyptian revolution of 2011 that incarcerated all of the governing elite, on allegations of wasting public money, corruption and allowing others to profit, pending a court trial. On May 4, 2016, a final verdict by the highest court of appeal in Egypt acquitted Nazif of all charges of corruption.<ref>[http://mobileparlmany.youm7.com/News/4/74945/ محكمة-النقض-تقضى-ببراءة-أحمد-نظيف-فى-قضية-الكسب-غير ]</ref>


During his tenure as the first Minister for Communications and Information Technology he was credited with establishing Egypt's free internet connectivity plan as well as improving public access to computers through low-price computers sold by private producers through the Egyptian Telecommunications Company ([[Telecom Egypt]]), which falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry for Communications and Information Technology. Nazif's successor in the ministry of communications and longtime friend [[Tarek Kamel]] has collaborated strongly to enhance the Egyptian role in international IT markets and improve local infrastructure to support Egypt's exponentially growing demand for IT applications in everyday life. Nazif is also credited with helping to found the first computer engineering department in the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, leading the National Identity Card project and computerizing it, and establishing the [[Smart Village Egypt|Smart Village]]. "I love to build and that's where I derive my personal satisfaction" - 2010 and "Outsourcing is nature's way of reversing the brain drain" - 2001 are famous quotes of his. He has received Egypt's First Degree Medal of Sciences and Art.
During his tenure as the first Minister for Communications and Information Technology he was credited with establishing Egypt's free internet connectivity plan as well as improving public access to computers through low-price computers sold by private producers through the Egyptian Telecommunications Company ([[Telecom Egypt]]), which falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry for Communications and Information Technology. Nazif's successor in the ministry of communications and longtime friend [[Tarek Kamel]] has collaborated strongly to enhance the Egyptian role in international IT markets and improve local infrastructure to support Egypt's exponentially growing demand for IT applications in everyday life. Nazif is also credited with helping to found the first computer engineering department in the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, leading the National Identity Card project and computerizing it, and establishing the [[Smart Village Egypt|Smart Village]]. He has received Egypt's First Degree Medal of Sciences and Art.


==Education and family==
==Education and family==
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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:21st-century prime ministers of Egypt]]
[[Category:21st-century prime ministers of Egypt]]
[[Category:El Nasr Boys' School alumni]]
[[Category:Cairo University alumni]]
[[Category:Cairo University alumni]]
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[[Category:McGill University Faculty of Engineering alumni]]
[[Category:McGill University Faculty of Engineering alumni]]
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[[Category:National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians]]
[[Category:National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians]]
[[Category:Prime Ministers of Egypt]]
[[Category:People of the Egyptian revolution of 2011]]
[[Category:People of the Egyptian revolution of 2011]]
[[Category:Politicians from Cairo]]
[[Category:Politicians from Cairo]]

Latest revision as of 07:35, 23 October 2024

Ahmed Nazif
أحمد نظيف
Nazif in 2009
48th Prime Minister of Egypt
In office
14 July 2004 – 28 January 2011[1]
PresidentHosni Mubarak
Preceded byAtef Ebeid
Succeeded byAhmed Shafik
1st Minister of Communications and Information Technology
In office
5 October 1999 – 14 July 2004
Prime MinisterAtef Ebeid
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTarek Kamel
Personal details
Born (1952-07-08) 8 July 1952 (age 72)
Cairo, Egypt
Political partyNational Democratic Party (1999-2011)
Spouse(s)Mona Sayed Abdul Fattah (Deceased)
Zeinab Zaki (2010–present)
Children3
Alma materCairo University
McGill University

Ahmed Nazif (Arabic: أحمد نظيف, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈæħmæd nɑˈzˤiːf]; born 8 July 1952) served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011, when his cabinet was dismissed by President Hosni Mubarak in light of a popular uprising that led to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Nazif was Acting President of Egypt from 5 March to 15 April 2010, when President Mubarak delegated his authorities to Nazif while undergoing surgery in Germany.

Life and work

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Nazif was born in Cairo. President Hosni Mubarak invited him to form the new government on 9 July 2004. Prime Minister Nazif was sworn in together with fourteen new cabinet ministers on 14 July 2004. He received immediate parliamentary backing through a formal vote of confidence. He was the youngest serving prime minister of Egypt since the founding of the Republic and the second youngest prime minister in the history of modern Egypt. His cabinet was known to be mainly composed of technocrats and well educated neo-liberals.

Having come to power replacing outgoing Prime Minister Atef Obeid who resigned at an emergency cabinet meeting, prompting the collapse of the four-year-old 34-member cabinet, pressure to undergo reforms was ripe. Nazif had served as the Minister for Communications and Information Technology in the Obeid Government. Before that, Nazif was a professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.

Nazif with George W. Bush

However, following the Egyptian Revolution, President Mubarak announced in his first appearance since the protests began that he had asked Nazif and his government to resign, effectively sacking one of the modern Republic's longest-serving governments. Ahmed Shafik, who had been Minister of Civil Aviation, was appointed to replace Nazif as Prime Minister on 29 January 2011. He was taken into custody on April 10, 2011, following the Egyptian revolution of 2011 that incarcerated all of the governing elite, on allegations of wasting public money, corruption and allowing others to profit, pending a court trial. On May 4, 2016, a final verdict by the highest court of appeal in Egypt acquitted Nazif of all charges of corruption.[2]

During his tenure as the first Minister for Communications and Information Technology he was credited with establishing Egypt's free internet connectivity plan as well as improving public access to computers through low-price computers sold by private producers through the Egyptian Telecommunications Company (Telecom Egypt), which falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry for Communications and Information Technology. Nazif's successor in the ministry of communications and longtime friend Tarek Kamel has collaborated strongly to enhance the Egyptian role in international IT markets and improve local infrastructure to support Egypt's exponentially growing demand for IT applications in everyday life. Nazif is also credited with helping to found the first computer engineering department in the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, leading the National Identity Card project and computerizing it, and establishing the Smart Village. He has received Egypt's First Degree Medal of Sciences and Art.

Education and family

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Countries E". rulers.org. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  2. ^ محكمة-النقض-تقضى-ببراءة-أحمد-نظيف-فى-قضية-الكسب-غير
  3. ^ a b "Prime Minister". Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ Al-Ahram Weekly Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "عقد قران الدكتور أحمد نظيف الشهر القادم على مسئولة بوزارة الاتصالات". Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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1999–2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Egypt
2004–2011 		Succeeded by
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