Sameh Ashour
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Sameh Ashour | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office October 2020 – 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sameh Mohamed Ashour |
| Occupation | Lawyer, member of the Egyptian Senate |
Sameh Mohamed Ashour (born in Sohag) is an Egyptian lawyer and politician.
Ashour completed his LLB in 1975.[1] He was the Vice President of Supreme Consultancy Council, Egypt Bar association,[1][2][3] head of lawyers syndicate,[4][5][6] vice president of International Bar association[1][7][8] and African Bar Association and president of the Arab Lawyers Association.[9]
Ashour served as the vice president of the Arab Democratic Nasserist Party in 2010[10] and was elected the head of the party in April 2011 after the previous chairman, Diaa al-Din Dawoud, died.[11]
He was one of 100 members appointed in June 2012 to the Egyptian Constituent Assembly of 2012.[12]
Later that year, he served as the spokesman for the National Salvation Front, a coalition of parties which opposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi's constitutional declaration.[2]
He ran in the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election in the Mokattam constituency.[13]
Ashour served as the head of the Lawyers Syndicate three times. He ran in December 2022, but was disqualified by the Supreme Administrative Court.[14]
Ashour was appointed to the Senate in 2020.[15] He resigned to run for the presidency of the Lawyers Syndicate, which he lost.[16]
References
- 1 2 3 "Sameh Ashour | United Advocates". Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- 1 2 "Profile: Egypt's National Salvation Front". BBC News. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ↑ Hendawi, Hamza (2 December 2013). "Egyptian panel completes amending constitution". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ↑ "Sameh Ashour elected Lawyers Syndicate chairman". Ahram Online. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ Mansour, Muhammad (1 September 2013). "Members of constitutional committee of 50 announced". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ "Egypt's judiciary cracks down on criticism". Middle East Eye. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ "Defense body to be formed for Ahed Tamimi". EgyptToday. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ "SCAF advisory council suspends activities". Ahram Online. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ "Amir receives Direct Investment Promotion Authority's annual report". Kuwait Times. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ el-Daragli, Adel (8 November 2011). "Opposition divided over Muslim Brotherhood invitation". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ "Egypt Elections: Nasserist Party". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ "Official: The 100 members of Egypt's revamped Constituent Assembly". Ahram Online. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ↑ "Clashes erupt on first day of electoral candidate registration". Mada Masr. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ↑ Essam El-Din, Gamal (6 December 2022). "New blood at the Bar Association". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ El-Sheikh, Sarah (14 October 2020). "President Al-Sisi issues list of appointed senators". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ Napolion, Mohamed (12 October 2025). "El-Sisi reshapes Senate, dropping 91 out of 100 senators". Al Manassa. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
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