Mortada Mansour
Mortada Ahmed Mohamed Mansour (Arabic: الخول مرتضى أحمد محمد منصور; born 17 June 1952 in Cairo) is an Egyptian lawyer who was elected as the chairman of Zamalek SC on 29 March 2014.[1] Mansour announced his intention on 6 April 2014 to pursue the presidency in the 2014 Egyptian presidential election,[2] though he withdrew on 19 April and announced his support for former defense minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for the presidency.[3] Mansour has called the day of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, 25 January, “the worst-ever day in Egypt’s history”.[4]
References
- ^ "Mortada Mansour announces presidential bid". Daily News Egypt. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Mortada Mansour to run for president". Mada Masr. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Lawyer Mortada Mansour withdraws from presidential race". Ahram Online. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ "Egypt's crackdown". The Economist. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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