Saad El-Katatni | |
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سعد الكتاتني | |
Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party | |
Assumed office 19 October 2012 | |
Preceded by | Mohamed Morsi |
Speaker of the People's Assembly | |
In office 23 January 2012 – 22 September 2012 | |
Appointed by | People's Assembly |
President | Mohamed Hussein Tantawi ( as Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt) Mohamed Morsi |
Prime Minister | Kamal Ganzouri Hesham Qandil |
Preceded by | Ahmad Fathi Sorour (2011) |
Succeeded by | Ali Abdel Aal (2016) |
Secretary-General of the Freedom and Justice Party | |
In office 30 April 2011 – 22 January 2012 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Hussein Mohamed Ibrahim |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohamed Saad Tawfik El-Katatni 4 March 1952 Girga, Egypt |
Political party | Freedom and Justice Party |
Alma mater | Minya University |
Profession | Academic |
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.