Egypt Politics People

Gamal Abdul Nasser was an Egyptian revolutionist that successfully drove British out of his country after 72 years of rule, under his presidency Egypt came out of intense poverty to prosperity, he became famous all around the Arab Peninsula after...

On January 29 Omar Suleiman was appointed Egypt’s vice-president by President Hosni Mubarak in response to days of anti-government protests throughout the country. General Omar Suleiman was formerly head of the powerful Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS). He was born...

Egypt's newly appointed foreign minister Nabil al-Arabi is a respected veteran diplomat who joined the Camp David negotiations that yielded a peace deal with Israel. Arabi was one of the names proposed by a coalition of pro-democracy activists who helped...

Born: 25/12/1918 Mitt Aboalcolm - Monofia. Anwar al-Sadat was Egypt's president from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. He came to political power as an associate of Gamal Abdel Nasser, leader of the revolution that overthrew the monarchy (and British...

Khalid Ahmed Showky Al-Islambouli (Arabic: خالد أحمد شوقى الإسلامبولى‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈxæːled ˈæħmæd ˈʃæwʔi (e)lʔeslæmˈbuːli]) (January 15, 1955 – April 15, 1982) was an Egyptian army officer who planned and participated in the assassination of Egypt's third president,...

Ahmed Aboul-Gheit (Arabic: أحمد أبو الغيط‎, also: Abu al-Ghayt, Abu El Gheyt, etc.) (born June 12, 1942) is an Egyptian diplomat who was the Foreign Minister of Egypt from 11 July 2004 to 6 March 2011, since the government of...

Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak (Arabic: محمد حسني سيد مبارك‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmːæd ˈħosni ˈsæjːed moˈbɑːɾɑk], Muḥammad Ḥusnī Sayyid Mubārak; born May 4, 1928) is the fourth and current President of the Arab Republic of Egypt.