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Ahmed Tantawi | |
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أحمد طنطاوي | |
Member of the Egyptian House of Representatives | |
In office 2015–2020 | |
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Born | [1] Qallin, Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt[citation needed] | 25 July 1979
Political party | 25-30 Alliance |
Ahmed Mohamed Ramadan Tantawi known as Ahmed Tantawi also: Al-Tantawy (Arabic: أحمد محمد رمضان الطنطاوي;[1] born 25 July 1979) is an Egyptian politician[1] and journalist. As of July 2022[update], he was the former head of the Dignity Party and a former member of the Egyptian House of Representatives. In 2023, Tantawi announced his potential candidacy for the 2023 Egyptian presidential election but repressive tactics, including retaliatory detentions of his family members supporters and campaign members, prevented his campaign from collecting the 25,000 voters’ endorsements required to officially file his candidacy.[2]