Dr. Yehia Abdel Aziz Abdel Fatah El-Gamal (born 1930) is an Egyptian lawyer and politician (DFP). From January to July 2011, he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt.[1]
Dr. El-Gamal was a minister of state from 1974 to 1975 under the premiership of Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi and the presidency of Anwar Sadat. Since 1975 he has been a professor for constitutional law at the Cairo University. In 2007 he co-founded the liberal Democratic Front Party. On 29 January 2011, interim Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik made him his deputy. El-Gamal kept his office when Essam Sharaf succeeded Shafik as prime minister on 3 March, and he was sworn in on 7 March. In late June he handed in his resignation, but head of state Mohamed Hussein Tantawi asked him to carry on with his duties.[2] After massive new protests on Tahrir Square in Cairo, El-Gamal resigned finally on 12 July 2011.[3]
He is an adherent of the National Association for Change which endorses the candidacy of Mohamed ElBaradei for the 2011 presidential election.[4] In addition, he chairs the National Consensus, a conference that monitors the interim period.[5] Yehia El-Gamal has accused Israel of being responsible for the difficulties and conflicts Egypt is facing.[6]
El-Gamal is a visiting professor at the Kuwait University. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Arab Organization for Human Rights and a member of the International Court of Arbitration. Moreover he is an of counsel for the Kuwaiti law firm AlBisher Legal.[7]