The death of the former Egyptian Minister of Information, Safwat Al-Sharif

Egyptian media have confirmed the death of Safwat Al-Sharif, the former head of the Egyptian Shura Council and Secretary-General of the National Party, which was dissolved during the January 2011 events.

Al-Sharif was born on December 19, 1933, and has a Bachelor of Military Sciences. He is an Egyptian politician and one of the General Intelligence officers in the 1960s.

Al-Sharif was a founding member of the National Party in 1966, and he held a number of positions within the party, most notably the Secretary-General for nearly 10 years, and held the position of Minister of Information, Chairman of the Shura Council, as well as presiding over the General Information Authority.

Al-Sharif was imprisoned after the late Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak stepped down in 2011 in a corruption case.