Nabawi İsmail (1925 – 15 June 2009) was one of the interior ministers of Egypt who was in office when Anwar Sadat was assassinated.[1] Therefore, he is the last interior minister of Sadat.[2]
Nabawi Ismail | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 1977 – January 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Mamdouh Salim |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Abu Basha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohammed Nabawi İsmail 1925 Al Darb Al Ahmar district, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Died | 15 June 2009 (aged 83–84) Cairo, Egypt |
| Political party | |
| Alma mater | Police academy |
Early life and education
editIsmail was born in Al Darb Al Ahmar district in 1925. He studied at the Police Academy and graduated in 1946.[3] He also studied law after graduating from the academy.[1]
Career
editAfter his graduation, Ismail joined the general security service of Egypt in 1952.[1] He was a member of the Arab Socialist Union from 1962 and became part of its secret unit, the Socialist Vanguard (Arabic: al-Tanzim al-Tali‘i), which was also called the Vanguard Organization, in 1963 when the unit was established.[4] In 1971, he was appointed director of Mamdouh Salim's office, who is one of the former prime ministers and interior ministers.[3] Ismail was deputy interior minister before his appointment as minister of interior.[5] He was appointed minister of interior in 1977 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin, replacing Mamdouh Salim in the post.[1] Ismail retained the post in the next cabinet formed on 2 October 1978 by Mustafa Khalil.[6] Ismail joined the National Democratic Party which became the ruling party in 1978 and was made its deputy secretary general.[7]
Ismail was sitting next to President Anwar Sadat during the ceremony where Sadat was assassinated in October 1981.[3] Following the assassination, Islamist militants who were armed university students rioted in Asyut occupied the security department building in the city killing soldiers.[8] Upon this event, Ismail went to the city and stayed there until the terrorists were exterminated.[8]
President Hosni Mobarak, successor of Anwar Sadat, fired Ismail in January 1982.[9] He was replaced by Hassan Abu Basha, who was his senior aide at the interior ministry, in the post.[10][11] However, Ismail continued to serve as deputy prime minister, which he had assumed during his term as interior minister.[10][12] As deputy prime minister, Ismail was in charge of civil services and local governments.[13] After leaving public office, Ismail was hired as a consultant by an Islamic investment company, al Rayyan.[14][15]
Assassination attempt
editFour gunmen in a car opened fire at Ismail's home in August 1987.[2] He survived the attack.[16] The Survivors of Hell group was the perpetrator of the attack.[8] Some members of the group were arrested in August 1987.[2]
Death
editIsmail died at Dar Al Fouad Hospital in Cairo on 15 June 2009.[3][17]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Former Interior Minister Nabawi Ismail passes". Daily News Egypt. Cairo. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ a b c Mohamed Sid-Ahmed (Winter 1987–1988). "Egypt: The Islamic Issue". Foreign Policy. 69 (69): 22–39. doi:10.2307/1148586. JSTOR 1148586.
- ^ a b c d Omar Hassanein (16 June 2009). "Most Controversial Interior Minister Nabawi Ismail Passes Away". Almasry Alyoum. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ Hesham Sallam (26 October 2020). "From the State of Vanguards to the House of Kofta: Reflections on Egypt's Authoritarian Impasse". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Sect leader's death threat". The Glasgow Herald. Cairo. 9 July 1977. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ "Chronology August 6, 1978-November 15, 1978". The Middle East Journal. 33 (1): 49. Winter 1979. JSTOR 4325819.
- ^ Raymond A. Jr. Hinnebusch (1988). Egyptian Politics Under Sadat. Boulder, CO; London: Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 106. doi:10.1515/9781685855550. ISBN 9781685855550.
- ^ a b c Karam Jabr (1999). "Two Swords.. with the Qur'an in between!". Arab-West Report. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013.
- ^ Mark A. Tessler (1994). A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 557. ISBN 978-0-253-20873-6.
- ^ a b "The Premier-Designate Names Egyptian Cabinet". The New York Times. Cairo. UPI. 4 January 1982. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ "The year of Hassan Abu Basha". Youm7. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ "Nabawi Ismail: I Asked To Leave Office so as not to be a Burden to Mubarak". Al-Masry Al-Youm. 23 October 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ "New cabinet is sworn in". The Leader Post. 4 January 1982. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ Carrie Rosefsky Wickhman (2002). Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-2315-0083-8. OCLC 52232330.
- ^ Yahya M. Sadowski (1991). Political Vegetables? Businessman and Bureaucrat in the Development of Egyptian Agriculture. Washington DC: Brookings Institution. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8157-7661-1.
- ^ "Gunmen Shoot At Ex-Minister's Home; He's OK". Associated Press. Cairo. 13 August 1987. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ "Ismail passes away". Al-Ahram Weekly. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2012.