Mamdouh Mohamed Salem (Arabic: ممدوح سالم, IPA: [mæmˈduːħ mæˈħæmmæd ˈsæːlem]; May 7, 1918 – February 24, 1988) was the 39th Prime Minister of Egypt from April 16, 1975 to October 2, 1978.

Mamdouh Salem
39th Prime Minister of Egypt
In office
16 April 1975 – 2 October 1978
PresidentAnwar Sadat
Preceded byAbdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy
Succeeded byMustafa Khalil
Personal details
Born7 May 1918
Died24 February 1988(1988-02-24) (aged 69)
Political partyArab Socialist Union
(until 1976)
Egyptian Arab Socialist Party

Biography

Salem was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He served as governor of Asyut, Gaarbiya and Alexandria from 1967 to May 1971 and then served as Minister of Interior from May 1971 to 1975. In 1976 he founded and headed the Egyptian Arab Socialist party.[1]

After three years as prime minister, On October 5, 1978, President Anwar Sadat dismissed his ministry , then he was appointed as an advisor to the President of the Republic. Then President Anwar Sadat appointed a new government with its new premier Mustafa Khalil. Salem later died in London of an unknown illness.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Roberto Aliboni (3 January 2013). Egypt's Economic Potential. Routledge. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-135-08688-6. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mamdouh Salem, 70; Was Egyptian Premier". The New York Times. Vol. 137, no. 47427. 26 February 1988. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022.
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