Gaber Asfour

{{Short description|Egyptian academic and politician (1944–2021)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gaber Asfour

| native_name = جابر عصفور

| native_name_lang = ar

| image = Dr. Awni Abdul Rauf And sitting next to Dr. Gaber Asfour.jpg

| office1 = Minister of Culture of Egypt

| term_start1 = 17 June 2014{{cite news|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/115224/news/breaking-new-government-swear-in|title=BREAKING: New government swears in|date=17 June 2014|accessdate=22 June 2014|work=Cairo Post}}

| term_end1 = 5 March 2015

| predecessor1 =

| term_start2 = 1 February 2011

| term_end2 = 9 February 2011

| predecessor2 = Farouk Hosny

| successor2 = Abdel-Wahed El-Nabawi{{cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/124542/Egypt/Politics-/BREAKING-Egypt-appoints-new-interior-minister.aspx|title=UPDATED: Egypt replaces 8 ministers in surprise cabinet reshuffle|date=5 March 2015|accessdate=5 March 2015|work=Ahram Online}}

| president2 =

| order2 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|3|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|31|1944|3|25|df=y}}

| death_place =

| nationality = Egyptian

| party = National Democratic Party

| alma_mater = Cairo University

}}

Gaber Ahmed Asfour ({{langx|ar|جابر أحمد عصفور}}, {{IPA|arz|ˈɡæːbeɾ ʕɑsˤˈfuːɾ|IPA}}; 25 March 1944 – 31 December 2021) was an Egyptian academic and politician who was a professor at Cairo University from 1966. He was appointed the Minister of Culture on 1 February 2011.{{Cite web|title=DR. GABER ASFOUR|url=https://www.alowais.com/en/dr-jaber-assfour/|access-date=2021-12-31|publisher=Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation|language=en-US}}[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/31/egypt-new-government_n_816160.html Egypt's New Government Announced On State TV] He had published Countering Fanaticism, Times of the Novel and In Defense of the Enlightenment, among others.[http://www.bibalex.org/NB2010/speakers/SpeakerDetails.aspx?ID=10 Prof. Gaber Asfour, Head of the National Translation Foundation in Cairo, Egypt: Biography]For a listing of Dr. Asfour's publications in Arabic, see [http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1+%D8%B9%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1 WorldCat listings for Gaber Asfour]

During the 2011 Egyptian protests, he was appointed minister of culture, but he resigned after only one week in office, citing health problems as the reason for his resignation.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2011/feb/09/egypt-protests-live-updates-9-february Egypt Protests (Asfour resigns)] Asfour died on 31 December 2021, at the age of 77.{{Cite news|title=Renowned Arabic Literature professor Gaber Asfour passes away at the age of 77|work=Al-Ahram|url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/18/63/454408/Books/News/Renowned-Arabic-Literature-professor-Gaber-Asfour-.aspx|access-date=2021-12-31}}