Mamdouh Mohamed Salem (, ; May 7, 1918 – February 24, 1988) was the 39th

Prime Minister of Egypt A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because the only ways ...

from April 16, 1975 to October 2, 1978.

Biography

Salem was born in

Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...

Sultanate of Egypt The Sultanate of Egypt () was a British protectorate in Egypt which existed from 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, to 1922, when it ceased to exist as a result of the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence. History Soon afte ...

. He served as governor of the

Asyut Governorate Asyūṭ () is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It stretches across a section of the Nile River. The capital of the governorate is the city of Asyut. Etymology The name of Asyut is derived from early Egyptian ''Zawty'' (''Z3JW.TJ''), late E ...

, Gaarbiya and

from 1967 to May 1971 and then served as

minister of interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

from May 1971 to 1975. Salem was named as the prime minister, and his cabinet was formed on April 16, 1975. In 1976 he founded and headed the

Egyptian Arab Socialist Party The Egypt Arab Socialist Party ( ) was a political party in Egypt. History and profile The party was established in 1976 by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and its head was Mamdouh Salem. He served as the prime minister of Egypt from 1975 to 1978 ...

. After three years as prime minister, Salem was dismissed on October 2, 1978 by President

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until Assassination of Anwar Sadat, his assassination by fundame ...

. Then Salem was appointed as an advisor to

. Mustafa Khalil succeeded Salem as prime minister. Salem died in London of an unknown illness in February 1988.

References

1918 births 1988 deaths 20th-century prime ministers of Egypt Egyptian political party founders Interior ministers of Egypt Politicians from Alexandria Governors of Alexandria Governors of Asyut Governors of Gharbia {{Egypt-politician-stub