Fouad serag eldin biography of mahatma

Egyptian politician (1911–2000)

Fouad Pasha Serageddin (2 November 1911^[1] – 9 August 2000), was an Egyptian politician and leader of Egypt'sWafd Party.^[2]

When President Hosni Mubarak allowed the Wafd to emerge from a prolonged period of dormancy in 1984, Serageddin proved a skilful political operator given the limits imposed on a divided and decimated opposition, and made the Al-Wafd newspaper an instant success through its Asfoura (Sparrow) column exposés of corruption and mismanagement.

A minister by his early thirties, he held four portfolios in the 1940s, serving in the Wafd-led Government of 1950-52 as Minister of Interior and Minister of Finance. His political career was abruptly suspended as the Free Officers' coup neared.

Put on trial, he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment but released two months later. Several peri