Anas el-Fiqqi

Anas el-Fiqqi (alternate spelling: Anas El Feki, Anas El-Feki, Anas al-Fiqi, Anas El-Fekky or el-Fiqi) (14 October 1960 — ) is an Egyptian entrepreneur and former state official, well known for being Hosni Mubarak's last minister of information.[1]

Anas el-Fiqq served as minister of youth in Egypt as part of Ahmed Nazif's first cabinet in July 2004.[1] Less than a year later he switched places with Mamdouh El-Beltagui to become Minister of Information in February 2005.[1][2] By 2007 he held a Credit Suisse account with a maximum balance worth over 3 million Swiss francs ($2.6 million), per Suisse secrets.[3] In 2014, he was convicted of wasting public funds.[3]

On 30 January 2011, he was crediting for closing the TV channel offices of Al Jazeera in Cairo.[4]

A demand voiced by some of those involved in the 2011 Egyptian protests was that el-Fiqqi step down as Minister of Information. On 10 February 2011, ahead of an address to the Egyptian people by President Hosni Mubarak, el-Fiqqi told Reuters that Mubarak would not be standing down as president, despite widespread rumours to the contrary. On 12 February, the day after the president resigned against the background of Egyptian Revolution of 2011, he was reported to be under house arrest.[5] The same day he resigned from his position as Minister of Information.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Personel". minfo.gov.eg. Archived from the original on 23 December 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. ^ Magda El-Ghitany, The honest chameleon, Al-Ahram Weekly, 5–11 January 2006
  3. ^ a b OCCRP and Süddeutsche Zeitung (21 February 2022). "False Spring: Credit Suisse Had Deep Ties to Arab Elite on Eve of Historic Uprisings". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. ^ http://www.silobreaker.com/egyptian-information-ministry-shuts-down-aljazeera-channel-in-egypt-5_2264323710687117323[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ Batty, David (12 February 2011). "Egypt the day after Mubarak quits – live". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Live blog Feb 13 - Egypt protests | al Jazeera Blogs". Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.