Essam el-Erian Politician

Dr. Essam Mohamed Hussein el-Erian {Arabic: عصام محمد حسين العريان) (born 18 April 1954) is an Egyptian physician and politician. He is the vice chairman of the Freedom And Justice party. Formerly he was a member of the Guidance Bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood. He was elected as a parliament member in the 2011-2012 Egyptian parliamentary elections. After the 2013 Egyptian coup, prosecutors ordered his arrest on 10 July 2013. On 14 July 2013 Egypt's new prosecutor general Hisham Barakat ordered his assets to be frozen. el-Erian was arrested by the government on 30 October, 2013.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 28, 1954
Birth place
Imbaba , Egypt
Nationality
Egypt
Religion
Sunni Islam
Education
Cairo University
Profession
Physician

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Office holder

officeVice Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party
party
Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt)

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