Farouk Seif Al Nasr
{{Short description|Egyptian politician (1922–2009)}}
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| office = Minister of Justice
| president = Hosni Mobarak
| primeminister = {{ubl|Atef Sedki| Kamal Ganzouri |Atef Ebeid}}
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| successor = Mahmoud Abul Leil
| term_start = October 1987
| term_end = July 2004
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|12|31|1922|12|14|df=y}}
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| nationality = Egyptian
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Farouk Seif Al Nasr (14 December 1922 – 31 December 2009) was an Egyptian politician who served as justice minister in different cabinets during Husni Mobarak's presidency.
Early life and education
Nasr was born on 14 December 1922.{{cite book|title=Egypt Foreign Policy and Government Guide|isbn=978-0-7397-3550-3
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4dV2od1pZYC&pg=PA29|year=1999|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|page=29}} He received a bachelor's degree in law.
Career
Nasr was an advisor to the Libyan government. Then he worked as a technical advisor to the Egyptian justice ministry in 1972. He was named as head of the supreme constitutional court in 1982. He served as justice minister in Egypt, the post which he had been appointed in October 1987.{{cite magazine|author=Shaden Shehab|title=Shuffle sense|magazine=Al Ahram Weekly|volume=451|date=14–20 October 1999|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/451/eg2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021170735/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/451/eg2.htm}} The cabinet was headed by Prime Minister Atef Sedki. Nasr was also appointed to the same post in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid in October 1999. As of 2003 Nasr was the president of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization.{{cite book|title=Africa South of the Sahara 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KBP7QbalX0C&pg=PA1284|publisher=Europa Publications
|year=2003|isbn=978-1-85743-131-5|page=1284|edition=32nd|location=London}} Nasr was removed from office as justice minister, and Mahmoud Abul Leil replaced him in the post on 12 July 2004 when the cabinet of Ahmed Nazif was formed.{{cite web|title=Egypt: Shura Council Elections and a Cabinet Change|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/2008/08/20/egypt-shura-council-elections-and-cabinet-change/6edc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007172638/http://carnegieendowment.org/2008/08/20/egypt-shura-council-elections-and-cabinet-change/6edc|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2013|work=Carnegie Endowment|access-date=1 February 2013|date=20 July 2004}} During his tenure as justice minister Nasr was a member of the Political Parties Committee which oversaw the legal procedures about the establishment of new political parties in the country.{{cite journal|author=Joshua Stacher|title=Parties over: The demise of Egypt's opposition parties|journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies|year=2004|volume=31
|doi=10.1080/135301904042000268222|page=220|issue=2|s2cid=145021477}}
Personal life
Nasr was married and had three children. He died in December 2009 at the age of 87.[https://www.youm7.com/story/2009/12/31/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%82/172469 وفاة المستشار فاروق سيف النصر وزير العدل الأسبق] youm7.com 31 December 2009 {{in lang|ar}}
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