For the Egyptian volleyball player, see Ahmed Shafik (volleyball). For the Egyptian researcher, see Ahmed Shafik (sexologist). For the Paralympic powerlifter, see Ahmed Shafik (powerlifter).
Ahmed Shafik
49th Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 29 January 2011 – 3 March 2011
President
Hosni Mubarak
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Acting)
Preceded by
Ahmed Nazif
Succeeded by
Essam Sharaf
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 18 September 2002 – 28 January 2011
Prime Minister
Atef Ebeid
Ahmed Nazif
Preceded by
Ahmed Abdel Rahman Nasser
Succeeded by
Ibrahim Manaa
Commander of the Air Force
In office 7 April 1996 – 1 March 2002
President
Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by
Ahmed Abdel Rahman Nasser
Succeeded by
Magdy Galal Sharawi
Personal details
Born
Ahmed Mohamed Shafik Zaki
(1941-11-25) 25 November 1941 (age 82) Cairo, Egypt
Political party
Egyptian National Movement[1] (December 2012 - Present)
Spouse
Azza Tawfiq[2]
Children
3[2]
Awards
Medal of Military Duty
Military service
Allegiance
Egypt
Branch/service
Egyptian Air Force
Years of service
1961–2002
Rank
Air Marshal[3]
Battles/wars
North Yemen Civil War
Six-Day War
War of Attrition
October War
Ahmed Mohamed Shafik Zaki[note 1] (Arabic: أحمد محمد شفيق زكى, IPA:[ˈæħmædmæˈħæmmædʃæˈfiːʔˈzæki]; born 25 November 1941) is an Egyptian politician and former presidential candidate. He was a senior commander in the Egyptian Air Force and later served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 29 January 2011 to 3 March 2011 under Hosni Mubarak.
After a career as a fighter pilot, and squadron, wing and group commander, Shafik was the Commander of the Egyptian Air Force from 1996 to 2002, reaching the rank of air marshal. Thereafter he served in the government as Minister of Civil Aviation from 2002 to 2011.
He was appointed as prime minister by President Hosni Mubarak on 29 January 2011 in response to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, making him the last prime minister to serve as part of Mubarak's administration.[4] He remained in office for only one month, resigning on 3 March 2011, one day after a contentious talk show confrontation in which Alaa Al Aswany, a prominent Egyptian novelist, accused him of being a Mubarak regime holdover.[5]
He narrowly lost out in the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections to Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Freedom and Justice Party, gaining 48.27% of the vote, compared to Morsi's 51.73%.
^"Shafiq to launch 'Egyptian Patriotic Movement' political party". Ahram Online. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
^ ab"Wife of presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq succumbs to illness". 30 April 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^"A Tripartite Agreement to Implement IT Systems in the Ministry of Civil Aviation". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. 7 March 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^"Egypt protests". Al Jazeera. 29 December 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
^Luhnow, David (5 March 2011). "Egypt PM Undone by TV Debate". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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Ahmed Mohamed Shafik Zaki (Arabic: أحمد محمد شفيق زكى, IPA: [ˈæħmæd mæˈħæmmæd ʃæˈfiːʔ ˈzæki]; born 25 November 1941) is an Egyptian politician and former...
results were split between five major candidates: Mohamed Morsi (25%), AhmedShafik (24%), Hamdeen Sabahi (21%), Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh (17%), and Amr...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011, ONTV announced on its website that Prime Minister AhmedShafik, who had been appointed by ousted president Hosni Mubarak before his...
effectively sacking one of the modern Republic's longest-serving governments. AhmedShafik, who had been Minister of Civil Aviation, was appointed to replace Nazif...
elections could be held). The previous cabinet, including Prime Minister AhmedShafik, would serve as a caretaker government until a new one was formed. After...
Egyptian politics and the SCAF led to the resignation of Prime Minister AhmedShafik, as well as her summoning for questioning by military authorities following...
participating following the military arrest of Sami Anan, threats made to AhmedShafik with old corruption charges and an alleged sex tape, and the withdrawal...
economic concessions. On 3 March, the former Prime Minister of Egypt, AhmedShafik, also resigned, after protests. On 13 March, Sultan Qaboos promises to...
he had "a vision that can be achieved by being part of the system". AhmedShafik, former Egyptian prime minister and leader of the Egyptian Patriotic...
announced. He came in slightly ahead of former Mubarak-era prime minister AhmedShafik and his campaign was noted for the Islamist character of its events....
season of Al Bernameg on ONTV, Tarek ElKazzaz convinced an old friend, Ahmed Abbas, to join QSoft as chief operations officer and Project Director for...
Upon hearing the charges against him, Mubarak pleaded not guilty. Judge Ahmed Refaat adjourned the court, ruling that Mubarak be transferred under continued...
the cultural circles in Cairo. In 1924, she was introduced to the poet Ahmed Rami, who was to write 137 songs for her and also introduced her to French...
from acrylic. Those fibers add to the general microplastics pollution. AhmedShafik was a sexologist who won a Ig Nobel Prize on his research regarding how...
frustrated citizens, including the 2008 "April 6 Youth Movement" organized by Ahmed Mahed, which set out to organize and promote a nationwide labor strike and...
Ahmed Aboul Gheit as new chief". Retrieved 10 March 2016. "HE Ahmed Aboul Gheit | ATF". arabthought.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021. "Aboul Gheit, Ahmed"...
march against army in fury over abuse". Arab News. Retrieved 5 May 2021. Ahmed Al Samany (2 November 2011). "حقوقي بحريني: "استقبال "العسكري" للملك رسال...
the operation. The Air Force officer in command of the operation was AhmedShafik, as commander of all MiG-21 fleets in the Central Military Zone. The...
governorates (61.5%) as well as the most overwhelming support for candidate AhmedShafik (71.5%). The governorate is famous for the production of crops like cotton...
Ahmed Ouyahia (Arabic: أحمد أويحيى, romanized: Aḥmad ʾŪyaḥyā; 2 July 1952) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria four times (1995–98...
forces. Their efforts culminated with Mohamed Morsi winning against AhmedShafik by 51.7% in the 2012 presidential election. In April, a couple of months...
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Egyptian Air Force
Air Marshal[3]