Hussein Labib (; born 14 October 1955) is an Egyptian businessman and former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. He is the current president of

Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an List of football clubs in Egypt, Egyptian Club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is best known for its professional men's Association football, football team, which plays in the Egy ...

Biography

Labib was born on 18 June 1955 in

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

. He graduated from Orman Middle School. He played handball in his junior years, he joined

Zamalek Zamalek ( , ''al zamalek'') is a ''qism'' (ward) within the West District (''hayy gharb'') in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, wit ...

in 1968 when he was 13 years old. He achieved 21 championships with Zamalek, 7 championships in the Egyptian Professional Handball League, 9 Egyptian Cup championships, and 5

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. He participated with the Egyptian national team in 7 tournaments in the

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, and 6 tournaments in the

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. He worked as a bank accountant, an administrator in the Egyptian national handball team, a member of the Egyptian National Sports Council, treasurer of the

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, a member of the Marketing Committee of the

African Handball Confederation The African Handball Confederation (acronym CAHB, referring to ) is the administrative and controlling body for African team handball. Founded on 15 January 1973 after the 1973 All-Africa Games, 2nd All-Africa Games in Lagos (Nigeria), it represe ...

, director of the

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in Egypt, and head of the Zamalek Club's handball apparatus. Labib ran for president of the Egyptian Handball Federation in 2012. He currently runs his own company in the IT sector. Labib was the head of the former committee charged with managing Zamalek SC. His victory in the elections for the presidency of

, made him President starting from October 2023. Labib won the elections on 20 October 2023.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Labib, Hussein 1955 births Living people Zamalek SC presidents

Biography

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