Atef Sedki

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Atef Sedki
Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 10 November 1986 – 2 January 1996
President	Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by	Ali Mahmoud Lutfi
Succeeded by	Kamal Ganzouri
Born	29 August 1930 Tanta, Egypt
Died	February 25, 2005 (aged 74)
Political party	National Democratic Party (Egypt)
Religion	Sunni Islam

Dr. Atef Muhammad Sedki (29 August 1930 – 25 February 2005) (Arabic: عاطف محمد نجيب صدقي) was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1986 until 1996. He replaced Ali Mahmoud Lutfi on November 10, 1986. He survived an assassination attempt in November 1993 which was carried out in Cairo by the militant Islamic group Vangards of Conquest and resulted in the death of a schoolgirl. He resigned along with his cabinet on 2 January 1996 and was replaced two days later by Kamal Ganzouri. Sidki is considered the longest serving prime minister in the Egyptian Republic Era.

Sedki was born in the Nile Delta city of Tanta and was a lawyer and economist by training, receiving a doctorate in economics from the University of Paris in France. Before becoming prime minister, he was the director of the Egyptian Central Auditing Agency. As prime minister he supervised, and sometimes criticized, reforms suggested by the International Monetary Fund. He became ill in 2004 after fracturing his thigh.

Sedki died on 25 February 2005. He had been rushed to a Cairo hospital only a few hours earlier. He was survived by his German-born wife, Ursula, and their two children.