Dr. Ayman Nour is an Egyptian lawyer, politician, and journalist with a liberal orientation. Elected president of the Egyptian National Forces Union and leader of the Ghad al-Thawra Party. Former Secretary-General of the Wafd Party and a former deputy in the People’s Assembly for several parliamentary sessions. He ran in presidential elections against Mohamed Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 Egyptian presidential elections and came second.
Born in Alexandria on December 5, 1964.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Mansoura University, 1985.
Worked in the press and as a lawyer after obtaining a ruling from the Constitutional Court to combine the membership of two syndicates in 1984.
Joined the Wafd Party in 1984 – and became the party’s Secretary-General in Cairo.
Awarded Ph.D. in public law in 1994.
Elected as a member of parliament from the downtown Cairo constituency in December 1995 –
Was the youngest member of Parliament during 1995-2000, 2000-2005.
Identified as the best parliamentarian in Egypt in the years 2002, 2003, and 2004.
Arrested from inside Parliament in January 2005, 90 days after the establishment of the Al-Ghad Party – and hours after he announced his intention to run for the presidential elections.
Ran in the first presidential elections in the history of Egypt in September 2005.
Came second out of 10 candidates after fraud and defamation campaigns by Mubarak’s followers, which was reported and verified by international organizations that monitored the elections.
Arrested for the fifth time in 4 and a half years, on December 5, 2005, after Mubarak was sworn in in Parliament.
Released in 2009 to start a door-knocking campaign in which he visited 300 cities, villages, and hamlets, to call for a revolution against the Mubarak regime.
Co-founded the “Kifaya” movement in 2004 – and on October 18, 2010, he called for the establishment of the Egyptian campaign against inheritance (of power to Mubarak’s son), which later turned into the National Association for Change.
Hosted the People’s Parliament, which stood against fraud in the 2010 Parliament.
In January 2011, and from the People’s Parliament, he made a call to “leave” calling for the revolution on January 25
Participated in leading the demonstrations on January 25, and in all supporting activities.
In October 2011, he founded Ghad al-Thawra Party, and was elected as its leader.
Ran for the presidential elections in 2012 – and was rejected by the intervention of the Military Council, among the list of rejected candidates, which included Khairat Al-Shater – Omar Suleiman – Hazem Salah Abu Ismail.
He was elected in 2012 as a member of the Constituent Assembly of the Constitution – and the Assembly elected him as its representative.
Resigned from the National Council for Human Rights in protest of the Military Council’s refusal to allow him to visit Dr. Mohamed Morsi and allowing Ashton, President of the European Commission, to visit.
Left Egypt in August 2013 after the Raba’a square massacre, heading to Lebanon.
Opposed the military coup in Egypt since July 3, 2013.
Moved to Turkey following threats reported to him by the Lebanese authorities.
Owner of Al Sharq Radio and Television Group (“Al-Sharq”, “Al-Sharq al-Awsat”, “La” and “Huna al-Sharq” radio channels), the opposition television channels to the rule of dictatorial regimes.
Appointed Vice-President of the Arab Council for Democracy since 2014.
Official Spokesperson for the Egyptian National Action Group.
Elected president of the Egyptian National Forces Union in October 2021.
Wrote hundreds of articles on various Egyptian and Arab platforms and has published several books, the latest of which is a book on the Egyptian National Dialogue.
