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Ahmed Nazif
Ahmed Nazif
أحمد نظيف
	Nazif in 2009
48th Prime Minister of Egypt
	In office; 14 July 2004 – 28 January 2011
President	Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by	Atef Ebeid
Succeeded by	Ahmed Shafik
1st Minister of Communications and Information Technology
	In office; 5 October 1999 – 14 July 2004
Prime Minister	Atef Ebeid
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Tarek Kamel
Personal details
Born	8 July 1952 (age 72); Cairo, Egypt
Political party	National Democratic Party (1999-2011)
Spouse(s)	Mona Sayed Abdul Fattah (Deceased); Zeinab Zaki (2010–present)
Children	3
Alma mater	Cairo University; McGill University

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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

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.

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

Graduated from El Nasr Boys' School (EBS) in Alexandria, Egypt in 1969.
B.Sc. from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, majoring in Communication and Electronics.
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University in 1976.^[3]
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at McGill University, Canada in 1983.^[4]^[3]
Nazif's wife died in 2009.
Nazif resides in a suburban complex with his two sons. He is the son of former wealthy sailor who owned a sea shipping company, Mahmoud Nazif. His grandfather Mohammed Bey Nazif was undersecretary of Ministry of Health in the time of King Farouk.
On January 18, 2010, it was officially announced that Nazif will marry Zeinab Zaki, vice president of Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), in February 2010.^[5]

References

^ "Countries E". rulers.org. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^ محكمة-النقض-تقضى-ببراءة-أحمد-نظيف-فى-قضية-الكسب-غير
^ ^a ^b "Prime Minister". Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^ Al-Ahram Weekly Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "عقد قران الدكتور أحمد نظيف الشهر القادم على مسئولة بوزارة الاتصالات". Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

External links

Media related to Ahmed Nazif at Wikimedia Commons

Article in Egypt Today Magazine Archived 2004-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Political offices
New office	Minister of Communications and Information Technology 1999–2004	Succeeded by Tarek Kamel
Preceded by Atef Ebeid	Prime Minister of Egypt 2004–2011	Succeeded by Ahmed Shafik

[1] "Countries E". rulers.org. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

[2] محكمة-النقض-تقضى-ببراءة-أحمد-نظيف-فى-قضية-الكسب-غير

[egyptiancabinet.gov.eg-3] "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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+| term_start          = 14 July 2004
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+| 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
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+| term_end2           = 14 July 2004
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+| 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]]
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-| spouse         = Mona Sayed Adbul 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
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-| religion       = [[Sunni Islam]]
+| caption             = Nazif in 2009
+| native_name_lang    = ar
+| native_name         = {{nobold|أحمد نظيف}}
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-'''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]] [[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==
 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]].
 [[File:George Bush & Ahmed Nazif.jpg|thumb|left|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 has been held in custody since 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://www.parlmany.com/News/4/74945/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B6-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B6%D9%89-%D8%A8%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%81%D9%89-%D9%82%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A8-%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1</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==
 * Graduated from [[El Nasr Boys' School]] (EBS) in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]] in 1969.
 * [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] from the Faculty of Engineering, [[Cairo University]], majoring in [[Communication]] and [[Electronics]].
-* [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] in [[Electrical Engineering]] from Cairo University in 1976.<ref name="egyptiancabinet.gov.eg">[http://www.egyptiancabinet.gov.eg/Cabinet/Prime_Minister.aspx Prime Minister]</ref>
+* [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] in [[Electrical Engineering]] from Cairo University in 1976.<ref name="egyptiancabinet.gov.eg">{{Cite web|url=http://www.egyptiancabinet.gov.eg/Cabinet/Prime_Minister.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125014145/http://www.egyptiancabinet.gov.eg/Cabinet/Prime_Minister.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Prime Minister|archivedate=25 November 2010|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
-* [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in [[Computer Engineering]] at [[McGill University]], [[Canada]] in 1983.<ref>[http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/699/eg3.htm Al-Ahram Weekly]</ref><ref name="egyptiancabinet.gov.eg"/>
+* [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in [[Computer Engineering]] at [[McGill University]], [[Canada]] in 1983.<ref>[http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/699/eg3.htm Al-Ahram Weekly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810003704/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/699/eg3.htm |date=2009-08-10 }}</ref><ref name="egyptiancabinet.gov.eg"/>
 * Nazif's wife died in 2009.
-* Nazif resides in a suburban complex with his 2 sons. He is the son of former wealthy sailor who owned a sea shipping company, Mahmoud Nazif. His grandfather Mohammed Bey Nazif was undersecretary of Ministry of Health in the time of [[King Farouk]].
+* Nazif resides in a suburban complex with his two sons. He is the son of former wealthy sailor who owned a sea shipping company, Mahmoud Nazif. His grandfather Mohammed Bey Nazif was undersecretary of Ministry of Health in the time of [[King Farouk]].
-* On January 18, 2010, it was officially announced that Nazif will get married to Zeinab Zaki, vice president of Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), in February 2010.<ref>[http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2010/january/18/nazeef_marriage.aspx عقد قران الدكتور أحمد نظيف الشهر القادم على مسئولة بوزارة الاتصالات]</ref>
+* On January 18, 2010, it was officially announced that Nazif will marry Zeinab Zaki, vice president of Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), in February 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2010/january/18/nazeef_marriage.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121081232/http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2010/january/18/nazeef_marriage.aspx|url-status=dead|title=عقد قران الدكتور أحمد نظيف الشهر القادم على مسئولة بوزارة الاتصالات|archivedate=21 January 2010|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
 == See also ==
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-* [http://www.egypttoday.com/ArtTemplate.asp?ArtID=2&IssueNo=08&IssueYear=04&MagID=ET Article in Egypt Today Magazine]
+* [http://www.egypttoday.com/ArtTemplate.asp?ArtID=2&IssueNo=08&IssueYear=04&MagID=ET Article in Egypt Today Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040926081314/http://www.egypttoday.com/arttemplate.asp?ArtID=2&IssueNo=08&IssueYear=04&MagID=ET |date=2004-09-26 }}
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+[[Category:Engineers from Cairo]]

v t e Prime ministers of Egypt (List)
Khedivate of Egypt (1878–1914)	Nobar Isma'il¹ Tewfik Sherif Tewfik¹ Riaz Sherif Elbaroudi Raghib² Sherif Nobar Riaz Fahmi Fakhry Riaz Nobar Fahmi Ghaly Said Roshdy
Sultanate of Egypt (1914–1922)	Roshdy Said Wahba Naseem Yakan
Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953)	Sarwat Naseem Y. Ibrahim Zaghloul Zeiwar Yakan Sarwat Nahas Mahmoud Yakan Nahas Sidky A. Yahya Naseem Aly Maher Nahas Mahmoud Aly Maher H. Sabry Sirri Nahas Ahmad Maher Nokrashy Sidky Nokrashy Hady Sirri Nahas Aly Maher Hilaly Sirri Hilaly Aly Maher Naguib³
Republic of Egypt (1953–present)	Naguib³ Nasser³ Naguib³ Nasser^3,⁴ A. Sabry⁴ Z. Mohieddin⁴ Soliman⁴ Nasser⁴ Fawzi⁴ A. Sedky Sadat Hegazy Salem Khalil Sadat Mubarak A. F. Mohieddin Aly Lotfy A. M. N. Sedky Ganzouri Ebeid Nazif Shafik Sharaf Ganzouri Qandil Beblawi¹ Mahlab Ismail Madbouly
Notes ^1 interim ^2 Urabi ^3 headed a government in rebellion, July–September 1882, beginning during Raghib's term ^4 UAR period

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