Sameh Ashour

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Sameh Ashour
Member of the Senate
In office
October 2020 –2025
Personal details
BornSameh Mohamed Ashour
Nationality Egyptian
OccupationLawyer, member of the Egyptian Senate

Sameh Mohamed Ashour (born in Sohag) is an Egyptian lawyer and politician.

Biography

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]

Ashour served as the head of the Lawyers Syndicate three times. He unsuccessfully ran in December 2022, but was disqualified by the Supreme Administrative Court. [13]

Ashour was appointed to the Senate in 2020. [14] He resigned to run for the presidency of the Lawyers Syndicate, which he lost. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sameh Ashour | United Advocates" . Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Profile: Egypt's National Salvation Front". BBC News. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Hendawi, Hamza (2 December 2013). "Egyptian panel completes amending constitution". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Sameh Ashour elected Lawyers Syndicate chairman". Ahram Online. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Mansour, Muhammad (1 September 2013). "Members of constitutional committee of 50 announced". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Egypt's judiciary cracks down on criticism". Middle East Eye. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Defense body to be formed for Ahed Tamimi". EgyptToday. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "SCAF advisory council suspends activities". Ahram Online. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Amir receives Direct Investment Promotion Authority's annual report". Kuwait Times. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  10. ↑ el-Daragli, Adel (8 November 2011). "Opposition divided over Muslim Brotherhood invitation". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Egypt Elections: Nasserist Party". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Official: The 100 members of Egypt's revamped Constituent Assembly". Ahram Online. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ El-Sheikh, Sarah (14 October 2020). "President Al-Sisi issues list of appointed senators". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  15. ↑ 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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