Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour
{{Short description|Egyptian businessman and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
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| name = Monir Fakhry Abdel Nour
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| office = Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
| primeminister = Hazem Al Beblawi
Ibrahim Mahlab
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| term_start = 16 July 2013
| term_end = 19 September 2015
| predecessor = Hatem Saleh
| successor = Tareq Qabil{{cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/141862/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-Sherif-Ismail-cabinet-with--new-faces-sworn.aspx|title=Egypt's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi|date=19 September 2015|accessdate=19 September 2015|work=Ahram Online}}
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| party = Wafd Party
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| alma_mater = Cairo University
American University in Cairo
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Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour ({{langx|ar|منير فخري عبد النور}}; born 21 August 1945) is an Egyptian businessman and politician.{{Cite web|date=2015-07-16|title=Minister bans import of over 5 mW laser pointers|url=https://egyptindependent.com/minister-bans-import-over-5-mw-laser-pointers/|access-date=2020-06-28|website=Egypt Independent|language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Abdel Nour was born into a Coptic Christian family on 21 August 1945.{{cite web|title=Participants |url=http://www.itb-kongress.de/en/ConventionProgram/Personendetailseite.jsp?personId=213580 |publisher=Messe Berlin |accessdate=2 July 2013 |archivedate=23 December 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223164702/http://www.itb-kongress.de/en/ConventionProgram/Personendetailseite.jsp?personId=213580 |url-status=dead }} His father, Amin Fakhry Abdel Nour (1912 – 2012), was a Wafdist politician.{{cite news|title=Amin Fakhry Abdel-Nour (1912 – 2012)|url=http://www.wataninet.com/watani_Article_Details.aspx?A=35042|accessdate=2 July 2013|newspaper=Watani|year=2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130702164012/http://www.wataninet.com/watani_Article_Details.aspx?A=35042|archivedate=2 July 2013}}
He graduated from a French high school in Cairo.{{cite journal|title=Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour: Politics, Inc. |journal=Al Ahram Weekly |date=28 September – 4 October 2000 |volume=501 |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/501/elec3.htm |accessdate=2 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912040136/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/501/elec3.htm |archivedate=12 September 2009 }} He received a bachelor's degree from Cairo University's Faculty of Economics and Political Science. He holds a master's degree from the American University in Cairo (AUC) with a thesis entitled "private foreign investment as a source of economic development."
Career
Abdel Nour is a businessman.{{cite journal|title=Politics in the blood |journal=KCM |date=4–17 February 1999 |volume=2 |issue=25 |url=http://kcm.co.kr/Egypt/%EC%BD%A5%ED%8B%B1/mounir.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326202309/http://kcm.co.kr/Egypt/%EC%BD%A5%ED%8B%B1/mounir.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 March 2014 |accessdate=2 July 2013 }} He began his career as representative in Egypt and the Middle East for the French bank "Banque de l'Union Européenne" then joined American Express International Banking Corporation as vice president in Egypt. He later founded Egyptian Finance Company. In 1983 he founded the Egyptian French Company for Agro-Industries (Vitrac Company) He was board member of the Cairo and Alexandria stock exchange, the Federation of Egyptian Industries, the center for economic studies of developing countries at Cairo university.
Abdel Nour then joined politics. He run for office in the 1995 elections, but lost. He won a seat in the 2000 general elections. and was elected Head of the opposition in Parliament. Later he was elected secretary-general of the Wafd Party. After 25 January revolution he was appointed minister of tourism in the cabinet led by then prime minister Ahmed Shafiq in February 2011.{{cite news|last=Shams El Din|first=Mai|title=Al Wafd's Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour appointed minister of tourism|url=http://www.masress.com/en/dailynews/127750|accessdate=2 July 2013|newspaper=Daily News Egypt|date=20 February 2011|location=Cairo}}Bassem Abo al-Abass and Michael Gunn, [http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/6308/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-cabinet-The-old,-the-new-and-the-unknown.aspx "Egyptian cabinet: The old, the new and the unknown"], Ahram Online, 24 February 2011. Abdel Nour succeeded Zoheir Garranah in the post. He remained in his post in the cabinets headed by Essam Sharaf followed by Kamal Ganzouri until 2 August 2012.
He refused to participate in the government of the Moslem Brothers headed by Hisham Kandil and joined the opposition. He participated in the founding of the "National Salvation Front" on 23 November 2012 and was later chosen as its Secretary General. In this capacity he was among the organizers of the 30 June 2013 uprising that ended the rule of the Moslem Brothers.
In February 2013 he joined the Cabinet headed by Ibrahim Mahlab as Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment and will retain the portfolio of Trade and Industry until 18 September 2015. On 16 July 2013, he was appointed as the minister of Industry and Foreign Trade in the interim cabinet headed by prime minister Hazem Al Beblawi.[http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/76619.aspx "Egypt's interim president swears in first government"], Ahram Online, 16 July 2013.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060615141252/http://www.pan-african-parliament.org/members.htm Members of the Pan-African Parliament]
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Category:Egyptian people of Coptic descent
Category:Cairo University alumni
Category:The American University in Cairo alumni
Category:Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Egypt
Category:Coptic businesspeople
Category:Egyptian businesspeople
Category:New Wafd Party politicians
Category:Trade and Industry ministers of Egypt
Category:Tourism ministers of Egypt