Ahmed Shafik

Ahmed Mohamed Shafik Zaki (Arabic: أحمد محمد شفيق زكى, IPA: [ˈæħmæd mæˈħæmmæd ʃæˈfiːʔ ˈzæki]; born 25 November 1941) is an Egyptian politician and former presidential candidate. He was a senior commander in the Egyptian Air Force and later served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 29 January 2011 to 3 March 2011 under Hosni Mubarak.

Ahmed Shafik
أحمد شفيق
49th Prime Minister of Egypt
In office
29 January 2011  3 March 2011
President
Preceded byAhmed Nazif
Succeeded byEssam Sharaf
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office
18 September 2002  28 January 2011
Prime Minister
Preceded byAhmed Abdel Rahman Nasser
Succeeded byIbrahim Manaa
Commander of the Air Force
In office
7 April 1996  1 March 2002
PresidentHosni Mubarak
Preceded byAhmed Abdel Rahman Nasser
Succeeded byMagdy Galal Sharawi
Personal details
Born
Ahmed Mohamed Shafik Zaki

(1941-11-25) 25 November 1941
Cairo, Egypt
Political partyEgyptian National Movement (December 2012 - Present)
SpouseAzza Tawfiq
Children3
AwardsMedal of Military Duty
Military service
AllegianceEgypt
Branch/service Egyptian Air Force
Years of service1961–2002
Rank Air Marshal
Battles/wars
  • North Yemen Civil War
  • Six-Day War
  • War of Attrition
  • October War

After a career as a fighter pilot, and squadron, wing and group commander, Shafik was the Commander of the Egyptian Air Force from 1996 to 2002, reaching the rank of air marshal. Thereafter he served in the government as Minister of Civil Aviation from 2002 to 2011.

He was appointed as prime minister by President Hosni Mubarak on 29 January 2011 in response to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, making him the last prime minister to serve as part of Mubarak's administration. He remained in office for only one month, resigning on 3 March 2011, one day after a contentious talk show confrontation in which Alaa Al Aswany, a prominent Egyptian novelist, accused him of being a Mubarak regime holdover.

He narrowly lost out in the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections to Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Freedom and Justice Party, gaining 48.27% of the vote, compared to Morsi's 51.73%.

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