Egypt's longest-serving parliamentarian dies

Tue, 16 Nov 2010

Cairo - Egypt's longest-serving member of parliament and one of the president's closest confidants, Kamal al-Shazly, has died, state media reported on Tuesday.

Al-Shazly, who served as a parliamentarian for 46 years, died after a long battle with disease, according to media reports.

The 76-year-old lawmaker hailed from the governorate of Monofiya, where both President Hosny Mubarak and former president Anwar Sadat were born.

Al-Shazly died just two weeks ahead of parliamentary elections, in which he was seeking another five-year term.

He was one of the founders of Mubarak's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), served as minister of state for parliamentary affairs for more than a decade, and was the leader of the NDP in parliament.

A state funeral for al-Shazly is expected to take place in Cairo.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/353758,egypts-longest-serving-parliamentarian-dies.html.