Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh
Abdel Moneim Abul Abdel Hady Fotuh (Arabic عبد المنعم أبو الفتوح عبد الهادي, DMG ʿ Abd al - Mun ʿ Abū al - Futuh in ʿ Abd al - Hādī; * October 15, 1951 ) is an Egyptian politician.
He is a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood currently Secretary General of the Union of Arab physician and chairman of his party Strong Egypt. Fotuh was a candidate for the presidential elections in Egypt in 2012.
Early life
Abul Fotuh studied at Cairo University Medicine and Law. He graduated in 1976 with honors in medicine and law with a Bachelor. At Helwan University, he received his Master degree in hospital management. During his time at the University of Abul Fotuh 1973 was president of the student body in Qasr Aini and President of the student body in Cairo in 1975. Later he became Secretary General of the Media Committee of all Egyptian universities.
Abul Fotuh was a prominent student leader in the 1970s and advocated that it was smaller Islamic organizations facilitated to join the Brotherhood. As a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, he worked for many years in the line and thus became " the most respected member ". However, it was 2009, voted at the instigation of the main financial backer and chief strategists of the Brotherhood Chairat el- Shater from the governing body. When he refused, after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 to forego an independent presidential campaign, the Muslim Brotherhood rule out him.
As president of the student body in Cairo Abul Fotuh a famous debate with the then Egyptian statesman Anwar Sadat had. He called Sadat and his supporters as " hypocrites ". Then Sadat broke off the conversation outraged and angry.
During the September arrests from 1981, directed specifically against members of Islamist groups, including Abul Fotuh was arrested. As a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, he was sentenced by a military court to several years in prison. This he sat from 1996 to 2001 from. Prior to his detention, he worked as an advisor to the Secretary General of the Union of Arab physicians. After his release he was elected Secretary General of this organization.
Presidential campaign
In the course of the revolution in Egypt in 2011 announced Abul Fotuh that he could be set for elections to the President. The Muslim Brotherhood, however, had already declared in advance that they would lay down a presidential candidate. So proclaimed spokesman for the Brotherhood, that members who were put up, could only do so without the support of the Muslim Brotherhood. Then Abul Fotuh was expelled from the organization. The Salafist party of light, the al - Wasat Party and the Egyptian flow party supported his candidacy. However, he reached the first round of voting on 23 and 24 May, 2012 Only 17% of the vote and came in fourth place among the 13 candidates.
Positions
Abul Fotuh claims to be that he was trying to bring the ideals of the Qur'an in accordance with democratic principles. He believes that true power is not obtained with the laws or the Constitution, but only by human beings.