Ahmad Fathi Sorour | |
|---|---|
| احمد فتحى سرور | |
 Sorour in 2005 | |
| Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt | |
| In office 13 December 1990 – 13 February 2011 | |
| Appointed by | People's Assembly |
| President | Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Hussein Tantawi ( as Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt) |
| Prime Minister | Atef Sedki Kamal Ganzouri Atef Ebeid Ahmed Nazif Ahmed Shafik |
| Preceded by | Rifaat el-Mahgoub |
| Succeeded by | Saad El-Katatni (2012) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 July 1932 Qena Governorate, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Died | 5 April 2024 (aged 91) |
| Awards | Order of the Two Niles[1] |
Ahmad Fathi Sorour (Egyptian Arabic: احمد فتحى سرور; 9 July 1932 – 5 April 2024) was an Egyptian politician who was the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt from 1990 until the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Previously he had served in the government as Minister of Education from 1986 to 1990.
Sorour was first elected to the People's Assembly in April 1989, and he was elected as Speaker in November 1990. He was President of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 1994–1997 and also served as President of the Union of African Parliaments in 1990–1991. According to Article 84 of the Egyptian Constitution, Sorour, as Speaker of the People's Assembly, was first in the order of succession to become President of Egypt if the President died, became incapacitated, or resigned.[2] Upon the resignation of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, however, the military, headed by Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, assumed control of the state.[3]
- ^ الكنيسي, حمدي (1 January 2016). السلطة وطول العمر (in Arabic). Al Manhal. ISBN 9796500406275.
- ^ "Egypt's Government Services Portal - Egypt Constitution - Chapter Five". Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ "U.S. sees Egypt's Tantawi as resistant to change". 11 February 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2023 – via www.reuters.com.