Mohamed Safwat El Sherif was an Egyptian politician who served as chairman of the State Information Service, minister of information, speaker of the Egyptian Shura Council, and secretary general of the ruling National Democratic Party, and head of the Supreme Press Council.
13 Facts About Safwat El-Sherif
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Mohamed Safwat El-Sherif Yousef El Sherif was born on 19 December 1933 in Gharbia Governorate.
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Safwat El-Sherif graduated with a bachelor's degree in military sciences in 1952.
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Safwat El-Sherif concluded his military studies at Armed Forces Institutes in the fields of planning, management and communication.
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Safwat El-Sherif excelled at post-graduate studies in the International Communication and Public Opinion at the Strategic Studies Institute and completed courses in means of mass communication in the British Information Service in addition to another course at the International Communication Institute in Federal Germany.
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Safwat El-Sherif ascended in leading positions in the SIS from 1975 to 1978.
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Safwat El-Sherif served as chairman of the SIS from 1978 to 1980.
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Safwat El-Sherif was the Rapporteur of Information Committee of the NDP.
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On 20 April 1993, Safwat El-Sherif escaped an assassination attempt by Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya with few injuries.
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Safwat El-Sherif founded the Egyptian Satellite Company in 1996 with the purpose of operating Egyptian Satellites.
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Safwat El-Sherif started as member of the Muslim Brotherhood group before the 1952 revolution when he was still a high school and military academy student.
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Safwat El-Sherif then moved to the new party of Masr Alfatah after the 1952 revolution.
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Since 2004 Safwat El-Sherif held the position of Speaker of the Shura Council and the president of the Supreme Press Council till he resigned from NDP on 29 January 2011.