Tharwat Bassily

{{Short description|Egyptian businessman (1940–2017)}}

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| office = Founder of CTV channel; Undersecretary of Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church

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| birth_place = Egypt

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| citizenship = Egypt {{flagicon|Egypt}}

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| education = Bachelor of Pharmacy, Cairo University (1967)

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| death_place = United States

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| native_name = ⲥⲉⲣⲟⲩⲁⲧ ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓ

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Tharwat Bassily ({{Langx|cop|ⲥⲉⲣⲟⲩⲁⲧ ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓ}}), (14 September 1940 – 5 December 2017) was an Egyptian businessman. Bassily graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University in 1967.{{Cite news|url=http://www.akhbarak.net/news/2017/12/05/12994212/articles/27668940/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A|title=معلومات عن رجل الأعمال المصري المتوفى|work=أخبارك.نت|access-date=2018-03-14|language=ar}} He was founder and chairman of the board of Amoun Pharmaceutical Company S.A.E., one of the leading private pharmaceutical companies in Egypt. Bassily was also the undersecretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church,{{cite news|title= Investigations exclude possibility of crime in disappearance of priest's wife|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/investigations-exclude-possibility-crime-disappearance-priest%E2%80%99s-wife|accessdate=5 August 2010|newspaper=Almasry Alyoum|date=24 July 2010}} a member of the Shura Council,{{cite news|title=44 Shura appointments include 8 Copts |url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/44-shura-appointments-include-8-copts|accessdate=5 August 2010|newspaper=Almasry Alyoum|date=22 June 2010}} and the founder of Coptic TV.{{cite web|title= Egypt: Who really needs Coptic TV?|url=http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/2395-egypt-who-really-needs-coptic-tv|publisher=Menassat.com|accessdate=5 August 2010}}