Faiza Abou el-Naga

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Faiza Abou el-Naga
CitizenshipEgypt
OccupationPolitician
EmployerGovernment of Egypt
Known forGovernment Minister, National security adviser
Political partyNational Democratic Party

Faiza Abou el-Naga is an Egyptian politician who served as minister of planning and international cooperation of Egypt during the Mubarak era and the transition period. She was appointed as Egypt's national security advisor by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

Career and activities

Abou el-Naga was the minister of planning and international cooperation in the cabinet led by Ahmed Nazif. [1] She retained her post in the preceding cabinets. She was a member of the National Democratic Party and served in its policy secretariat. [1]

It was reported that Naga was the principal instigator of the action taken on 6 February 2012 [2] [3] to criminally charge 43 members of non-governmental organizations in Egypt with operating without required licenses, a decision which has seriously strained relations with the United States. [4]

About el-Naga said

But the alleged perpetrators of these dark plots are not shadowy agents of the Central Intelligence Agency, MI6, or even Mossad, as one might suppose she’d say. No, they are by and large an idealistic band of young people from various countries who work for nongovernment organizations attempting to help Egypt build the civil institutions essential for the transition to a functioning democracy.

— The Center for American Progress (CAP), Meet Fayza Abul-Naga, a Woman of Ambition An International Lesson in Political Opportunism, Feb 7, 2012

References

  1. 1 2 Gamal Essam El Din (29 September – 5 October 2005). "Reshuffle postponed". Al Ahram Weekly. 762. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Ernesto Londoño (7 February 2012). "Architect of Egypt's NGO crackdown is Mubarak holdover". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Egyptian minister's remarks stoke tensions with U.S." Associated Press. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Patrick Werr; Tony Perry (26 January 2012). "U.S. outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving". Reuters. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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