Ibrahim Shoukry and the Egyptian Labour party demonstration 1985

Ibrahim Shoukry (22 September 1916 – 5 August 2008) was an Egyptian politician.

Life

Ibrahim Shoukry was born on September 22, 1916 in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...

to a wealthy well-reputed Egyptian family, son of Mahmoud Shoukry. He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

in 1937. He fought against the

British occupation of Egypt The history of Egypt under the British lasted from 1882, when it was occupied by British forces during the Anglo-Egyptian War, until 1956 after the Suez Crisis, when the last British forces withdrew in accordance with the Anglo-Egyptian agreem ...

and was named the alive martyr Al Shaheed Al Hay as he was wounded among other friends who were killed in the student demonstrations against the British occupiers in 1935. He was first elected to parliament in 1945, as the youngest member. Later he was imprisoned for his articles against King Farouk of Egypt in 1952 whilst in parliament. In July 1952 members of the Egyptian army ousted Farouk, and Ibrahim Shoukry was freed to continue his journey in public service. He was re-elected to Parliament and proposed the laws of agricultural reform to benefit deprived farmers, giving away acres of land that he owned himself. He was a pioneer of cultivating desert land expanding Egypt's agricultural activity from the confines of the narrow

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and valley. In 1974 he was appointed as Governor of Al Wadi Al Gadeed (the

New Valley Governorate New Valley Governorate or El Wadi El Gedid Governorate ( ar, محافظة الوادي الجديد , ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the southwestern part of the country, in the south of Egypt Western Desert (part of the Saha ...

). He was Minister of Agriculture and Cultivation until his resignation in 1978 to found the Socialist Labour Party. He was elected to parliament in 1978, 1984 and 1987, where he led the coalition of opposition parties against the ruling National Democratic Party headed by the then Egyptian President

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. Shoukry remained Head of the Labour Party until the Egyptian Government, supported by emergency law imposed since the beginning of Mubarak's rule in 1981, suspended the party and its official newspaper '' Al-Shaab'' (The People) in 2000 because of its fierce opposition of Mubarak's policies. Ibrahim Shoukry gradually retreated from public life because of ill health until his death on 5 August 2008 at the age of 92. 1916 births Agriculture Ministers of Egypt 2008 deaths Egyptian Islamic Labour Party politicians Politicians from Cairo Cairo University alumni Muslim socialists Governors of New Valley {{Egypt-politician-stub