Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Prime Minister Atef Muhammad Ebeid (Template:Langx, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; 14 April 1932 – 12 September 2014) was an Egyptian politician who served in various capacities in the governments of Egypt. He was prime minister of Egypt from 1999 to 2004.
Early life and educationEdit
Ebeid was born in Tanta, Gharbia Governorate, on 14 April 1932.<ref name=rulers>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He graduated from Cairo University in 1955 and received a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1962.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CareerEdit
Ebeid was professor of business at Cairo University until joining politics. In the 1980s he was the Minister of Cabinet Affairs.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> He served as the Minister for Domestic Development under the Sedki government, and then as Minister of Planning in the government of Kamal Ganzouri.<ref name=shuffle/> He served as Prime Minister from 5 October 1999 to July 2004. He was sworn in on 5 October 1999, replacing Ganzouri.<ref name=shuffle>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ebeid served as the acting president of Egypt from 20 June 2004 to 6 July 2004, a period during which President Hosni Mubarak was receiving medical treatment in Germany.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was also an economic advisor to Mubarak.<ref name=aahram11/> He resigned on 9 July 2004, amid increasing pressure from part of the business community demanding more rapid privatization and less state regulation.<ref name=dne2008>Template:Cite news</ref> Ahmed Nazif replaced him in the post.<ref name=daral2010>Template:Cite news</ref>
Then Ebeid headed the Arab International Bank, a popular post with former Egyptian prime ministers. In April 2011 he was removed from office by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf due to corruption allegations.<ref name=aahram11>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also wrote for the Akhbar Alyoum.<ref name=ahm13oct>Template:Cite news</ref>
ControversyEdit
Ebeid was sentenced to ten years in prison on 1 March 2012 for squandering public funds.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His assets were also frozen previously.<ref name=aahram11/> In early January 2013 the Egypt's Court of Appeal overturned the verdict and ordered the ex-PM's retrial, which was held at late January 2013.<ref name=egypt>Template:Cite news</ref> The court again acquitted him of fraud charges in land case.<ref name=egypt/> He died on 12 September 2014.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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