Mohamed Fayek

Mohamed Fayek (born 1929) is an Egyptian politician who held various cabinet posts from 1967 to 1971 during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser.

[5] In June 1967 Fayek was appointed minister of national guidance and headed the Egyptian delegation to the African Summit in September 1967.

[1][6] He was elected to the People's Assembly in 1968 and served there for two terms representing the Kasr El Nil constituency of Cairo.

[1][8] When Fayek was in office the Six-Day War between the United Arab Republic (UAR) composed of Egypt, Jordan and Syria and Israel occurred, and the UAR was defeated which led to the resignation of Gamal Abdel Nasser.

[7] One of his posts in the organization was the special rapporteur on refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons and migrants in Africa.

[7] He is the president of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, the chairman of the Nile Valley Family Association and a board member of the Boutros Ghali Foundation.