Farouk Seif Al Nasr Explained

Office:Minister of Justice
President:Hosni Mobarak
Successor:Mahmoud Abul Leil
Term Start:October 1987
Term End:July 2004
Birth Date:14 December 1922
Nationality:Egyptian
Children:3

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.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in law.[1]

Career

Nasr was an advisor to the Libyan government.[1] Then he worked as a technical advisor to the Egyptian justice ministry in 1972.[1] He was named as head of the supreme constitutional court in 1982.[1] He served as justice minister in Egypt, the post which he had been appointed in October 1987.[2] 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.[2] As of 2003 Nasr was the president of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Personal life

Nasr was married and had three children.[1] He died in December 2009 at the age of 87.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Egypt Foreign Policy and Government Guide. 978-0-7397-3550-3. 1999. Int'l Business Publications. 29.
  2. Shaden Shehab. Shuffle sense. Al Ahram Weekly. 451. 14–20 October 1999. dead. 21 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021170735/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/451/eg2.htm.
  3. Book: Africa South of the Sahara 2003. Europa Publications. 2003. 978-1-85743-131-5. 1284. 32nd. London.
  4. Web site: Egypt: Shura Council Elections and a Cabinet Change. Carnegie Endowment. 1 February 2013. 20 July 2004.
  5. Joshua Stacher. Parties over: The demise of Egypt's opposition parties. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 2004. 31. 10.1080/135301904042000268222. 220. 2. 145021477.
  6. 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