Essam el-Erian
Dr. Essam Mohamed Hussein el-Erian (Arabic: عصام محمد حسين العريان) (28 April 1954 – 13 August 2020) was an Egyptian physician and politician. He was the vice chairman of the Freedom And Justice party.[1] Between 2011 and 2013, he was a member of the Parliament of Egypt.
After the 2013 Egyptian coup, prosecutors ordered his arrest on 10 July 2013.[2] On 14 July 2013, Egypt's new prosecutor general Hisham Barakat ordered his assets to be frozen.[3] El-Erian was arrested by the government on 30 October 2013.[4]
El-Erian died of a heart attack while in prison in Cairo on 13 August 2020, aged 66.[5]
References
- ↑ مرسى رئيسا لحزب الحرية والعدالة والعريان نائبا. والكتاتنى أمينا عاما. Retrieved 2011-12-27.| May 11, 2011]
- ↑ Prosecution orders arrest of leading Brotherhood members (10 July 2013)Ahram Online. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ↑ "Asset freeze for Islamist leaders goes into action". Egypt Independent. 15 July 2013. http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/asset-freeze-islamist-leaders-goes-action. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ Kirkpatrick, David D. (2013-10-30). "Prominent Muslim Brotherhood Leader Is Seized in Egypt" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/world/middleeast/high-ranking-muslim-brotherhood-leader-is-seized-in-egypt.html. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ↑ Top Muslim Brotherhood leader dies in Cairo prison. www.aljazeera.com.