Nabil Dibis
{{Short description|Egyptian businessman and politician}}
Nabil Dibis is an Egyptian businessman and politician currently serving a senator in the Egyptian Senate. He is the founder and chairman of the Modern Egypt Party (Hizb Masr al-Haditha).{{Cite web |title=Egyptian senators call for stricter control on foreign funding of NGOs - Politics - Egypt |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/465123/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-senators-call-for-stricter-control-on-for.aspx |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Ahram Online}}
Career
Dibis, a businessman, is the founder of Modern Egypt University and his son Walid is the owner of Modern Egypt Television – a pro Hosni Mubarak regime media. Dibis is a well-known ally of the deposed President Hosni Mubarak.{{Cite web |last=جدلية |first=Jadaliyya- |title=Meet the National Democratic Party Offshoots |url=https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/24650 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Jadaliyya - جدلية |language=en}} Dibis was a member of the defunct National Democratic Party. After the Egyptian revolution in 2011, he founded Modern Egypt Party in a build-up to the 2011/2012 Egyptian parliament elections.{{Cite web |last=Messieh |first=Nancy |date=2015-02-20 |title=Who is Participating in Egypt's Parliamentary Elections? |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/who-is-participating-in-egypt-s-parliamentary-elections/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Atlantic Council |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=North Africa's dream deferred |url=https://www.theafricareport.com/2924/north-africas-dream-deferred/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=The Africa Report.com |language=en}}
He was elected to the Egyptian Senate in 2021. In the senate, he was elected chairman of the committee on Education, Scientific Research, Telecommunication, and Information Technology.{{Cite web |title=Egypt drafting legislation to regulate teaching licensing, education minister tells the Senate - Society - Egypt |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/484812.aspx |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Ahram Online}}