Nabawi Ismail

Nabawi İsmail
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
Unknown – Unknown
Minister of Interior
In office
1977 – January 1982
Prime Minister Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin
Preceded by Mamdouh Salim
Succeeded by Hassan Abu Basha
Personal details
Born 1925
Al Darb Al Ahmar district, Egypt
Died 15 June 2009 (aged 83–84)
Cairo
Nationality Egyptian
Alma mater Police academy

Mohammed Nabawi İsmail (1925 – 15 June 2009) was one of the interior ministers of Egypt who was in office when Anwar Sadat was assassinated.[1] Therefore, he is the last interior minister of Sadat.[2]

Early life and education

Ismail was born in Al Darb Al Ahmar district in 1925. He studied at the Police Academy and graduated in 1946.[3] He also studied law after graduated from the academy.[1]

Career

After graduation, Ismail joined the general security service of Egypt in 1952.[1] In 1971, he was appointed director of Mamdouh Salim's office, who is one of the former prime minister and interior minister.[3] Ismail was deputy interior minister before his appointment as minister of interior.[4] He was appointed minister of interior in 1977 in the cabinet led by Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin, replacing Salim in the post.[1][5] He was sitting next to late president Anwar Sadat during the ceremony where Sadat was assassinated.[3] Following the assassination, Islamist militants who were armed university students rioted in Asyut and occupied the security department building in the city, killing soldiers.[6] Upon this event, Ismail went to the city and stayed there until the terrorists were exterminated.[6]

President Hosni Mobarak fired Ismail in January 1982.[7] He was replaced by Hassan Abu Basha, who was his senior aide at the interior ministry, in the post.[8][9] However, Ismail continued to serve as deputy prime minister, which he had assumed during his term as interior minister.[8][10] As deputy prime minister, Ismail was in charge of civil services and local governments.[11] After leaving public office, Ismail was hired as a consultant by an Islamic investment company, al Rayyan.[12][13]

Assassination attempt

Four gunmen in a car opened fire at Ismail's home in August 1987.[2] He survived the attack.[14] The Salvation from Hell group was the perpetrator of the attack.[6] Some members of the group were arrested in August 1987.[2]

Death

Ismail died at Dar Al Fouad Hospital in Cairo on 15 June 2009.[3][15]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Former Interior Minister Nabawi Ismail passes". Daily News Egypt (Cairo). 15 June 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sid-Ahmed, Mohamed (Winter 1987–1988). "Egypt: The Islamic Issue". Foreign Policy 69: 22–39. doi:10.2307/1148586. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Hassanein, Omar (16 June 2009). "Most Controversial Interior Minister Nabawi Ismail Passes Away". Almasry Alyoum. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sect leader's death threat". The Glasgow Herald (Cairo). 9 July 1977. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Hamied Ansari (1986). Egypt, the Stalled Society. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Retrieved 14 October 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Jabr, Karam (1999). "Two Swords.. with the Qur’an in between!". Arab West Reports. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Mark A. Tessler (1994). A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Indiana University Press. p. 557. ISBN 978-0-253-20873-6. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Premier-Designate Names Egyptian Cabinet". The New York Times (Cairo). UPI. 4 January 1982. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "The year of Hassan Abu Basha". Youm. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Nabawi Ismail: I Asked To Leave Office so as not to be a Burden to Mubarak". Almasry Alyoum. 23 October 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "New cabinet is sworn in". The Leader Post. 4 January 1982. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  12. ↑ Carrie Rosefsky Wickhman (2002). Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 110. Retrieved 14 October 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)
  13. ↑ Yahya M. Sadowski (1991). Political Vegetables? Businessman and Bureaucrat in the Development of Egyptian Agriculture. Washington DC: The Brookings Institution. p. 239. Retrieved 14 October 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)
  14. ↑ "Gunmen Shoot At Ex-Minister's Home; He's OK". Associated Press (Cairo). 13 August 1987. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "Ismail passes away". Al Ahram Weekly. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by
Mamdouh Salim		 Minister of Interior
1977 – 1982 		Succeeded by
Hassan Abu Basha