Aziz Sedki
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| In office January 17, 1972 – March 26, 1973 |
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| President | Anwar Sadat |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Fawzi |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Sadat |
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| Born | 1920 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | January 26, 2008 Paris, France |
| Political party | Arab Socialist Union |
| Spouse | Leila Sioufi |
| Religion | Muslim |
Aziz Sedki (1920 - January 26, 2008) was an Egyptian politician and engineer.[1] Sedki served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from January 17, 1972 until March 23, 1976. He was nicknamed the "father of Egyptian industry."[1]
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[edit] Early life
Aziz Sedki was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1920.[1] He graduated with a degree in engineering from Cairo University in 1944.[1] He went on to earn a doctorate in economic planning from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1945.[1]
[edit] Career
Sedki was appointed as a technical adviser to the Egyptian prime minister's office in 1955, a few years after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.[1] He next served as a full time member of the services board until 1956.[1]
In 1956, Sedki was appointed as Egypt's Minister of Industry by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.[1] Among Sedki's tasks as Minister was the supervision of an industrialization program, which was financed by the Soviet Union.[1] The Soviets were, at the time, an important ally of the Egpytian government. Sedki launched a five-year industrialization plan in 1957.[1] This initiative was later merged into a "general five-year development plan", which lasted from 1961 until 1965.[1]
Sedki was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources in 1964.[1] Simultaneously, he also became the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in 1964 as well.[1] In November 1970, Sedki was further elevated to Egypt's deputy prime minister for production and trade.[1]
Sedki became Prime Minister of Egypt on January 17, 1972, following the resignation of Mahmoud Fawzi.[1] He remained Prime Minister until March 26, 1973 when he was succeeded as Prime Minister by Anwar Sadat.[1]
[edit] Death
Aziz Sedki died at the age of 88 on January 26, 2008, at the Hospital Europeen Georges Pompidou in Paris, France.[1]
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| Preceded by Mahmoud Fawzi |
Prime Minister of Egypt January 17, 1972 – March 26, 1973 |
Succeeded by Anwar Sadat |
