Saad El-Katatni

Saad El-Katatni
سعد الكتاتني
El-Katatni in 2015
Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party
Assumed office
19 October 2012
Preceded byMohamed Morsi
Speaker of the People's Assembly
In office
23 January 2012 – 22 September 2012
Appointed byPeople's Assembly
PresidentMohamed Hussein Tantawi ( as Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt)
Mohamed Morsi
Prime MinisterKamal Ganzouri
Hesham Qandil
Preceded byAhmad Fathi Sorour (2011)
Succeeded byAli Abdel Aal (2016)
Secretary-General of the Freedom and Justice Party
In office
30 April 2011 – 22 January 2012
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHussein Mohamed Ibrahim
Personal details
Born
Mohamed Saad Tawfik El-Katatni

(1952-03-04) 4 March 1952 (age 72)
Girga, Egypt
Political partyFreedom and Justice Party
Alma materMinya University
ProfessionAcademic

Saad El-Katatni (Arabic: سعد الكتاتني, alternatively spelled El-Katatny or Al-Katatni; born 4 March 1952) is an Egyptian Islamist politician who has been the chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) since October 2012.[1] From January 2012 until its dissolution in September he was the first Speaker of the People's Assembly after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.[2] Prior to this, he served as the first secretary-general of the FJP[3][4] and was a member of the Guidance Bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood.

  1. ^ "Egypt's El-Katatni becomes new head of Muslim Brotherhood's FJP". Ahram Online. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ^ "ط§ظ"ظƒطھط§طھظ†ظ‰ ط±ط¦ظٹط³ط§ ظ"ط¨ط±ظ"ظ…ط§ظ† ط§ظ"ط«ظˆط±ط© ط¨ظ€399 طµظˆطھط§ظ‹". Ahram. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ^ 11 May 2011 Archived 18 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Egypt assembly picks Islamist speaker Reuters