Sufi Abu Taleb

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His Excellency Sufi Abu Taleb
صوفي أبو طالب
Taleb during his time as Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt
Acting President of Egypt
In office 6 October 1981 – 14 October 1981
Prime Minister	Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by	Anwar Sadat
Succeeded by	Hosni Mubarak
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt
In office 4 November 1978 – 4 November 1983
Appointed by	People's Assembly
President	Anwar Sadat Hosni Mubarak
Prime Minister	Mustafa Khalil Anwar Sadat Hosni Mubarak Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin
Preceded by	Sayed Marei
Succeeded by	Mohamed Kamel Leilah
Personal details
Born	(1925-01-27)27 January 1925 Tamiya, Faiyum Governorate, Kingdom of Egypt
Died	21 February 2008(2008-02-21) (aged 83) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Spouse	Wafeya el Otefi
Children	two sons, two daughters
Alma mater	Cairo University, University of Paris, Sapienza University of Rome

Sufi Abu Taleb (Arabic: صوفي أبو طالب, romanized: Ṣūfī Abū Ṭālib; January 27, 1925 – February 21, 2008)^[1] was an Egyptian politician. He served as Speaker of the People's Assembly from 1978 to 1983 and, following the assassination of Anwar Sadat on 6 October 1981, assumed the duties of acting head of state for eight days per the Egyptian Constitution. He subsequently stepped aside for Sadat's Vice President Hosni Mubarak.^[1]