Nabil Dibis

Nabil Dibis is an Egyptian businessman and politician currently serving a senator in the Egyptian Senate. He is the founder and chairman of the Modern Egypt Party (Hizb Masr al-Haditha).[1]

Career

Dibis, a businessman, is the founder of Modern Egypt University and his son Walid is the owner of Modern Egypt Television – a pro Hosni Mubarak regime media. Dibis is a well-known ally of the deposed President Hosni Mubarak.[2] Dibis was a member of the defunct National Democratic Party. After the Egyptian revolution in 2011, he founded Modern Egypt Party in a build-up to the 2011/2012 Egyptian parliament elections.[3][4]

He was elected to the Egyptian Senate in 2021. In the senate, he was elected chairman of the committee on Education, Scientific Research, Telecommunication, and Information Technology.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Egyptian senators call for stricter control on foreign funding of NGOs - Politics - Egypt". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  2. ^ جدلية, Jadaliyya-. "Meet the National Democratic Party Offshoots". Jadaliyya - جدلية. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  3. ^ Messieh, Nancy (2015-02-20). "Who is Participating in Egypt's Parliamentary Elections?". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  4. ^ "North Africa's dream deferred". The Africa Report.com. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  5. ^ "Egypt drafting legislation to regulate teaching licensing, education minister tells the Senate - Society - Egypt". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-07-01.