Tarek Makram Shaker is an Egyptian politician. A

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Christian, he has served as Vice President of the Egyptian House in the US, an organization claiming to represent the Egyptian community in the

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. Tarek Shaker was appointed by

SCAF The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF; ar, المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة, ', also Higher Council of the Armed Forces) is a statutory body of between 20 and 25 senior Egyptian military officers and is headed by Fi ...

to the

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in January 2012. However, he has subsequently faced allegations that he is actually American, as well as being a twice-convicted criminal, and hence may not be eligible to sit in the parliament.SCAF's Parliament appointee may be illegal
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