Mohamed Safwat El Sherif (Arabic: محمد صفوت الشريف; 19 December 1933 – 13 January 2021) was an Egyptian politician who served as chairman of the State Information Service, minister of information, speaker of the Egyptian Shura Council, and secretary general of the ruling National Democratic Party, and head of the Supreme Press Council.
Safwat El Sherif was married to Ikbal Mohamed Atteya Halabi with two sons and a daughter.
Following the proceedings of the investigation and his clearance of all charges, El Sherif chose a more civilian lifestyle and opened his own private business.
In 1975, El Sherif dismantled his profitable import and export business to join the State Information Service (SIS).
[2] On 20 April 1993, El-Sherif escaped an assassination attempt by Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya (Islamic militant group) with few injuries.
[3] El Sherif was widely regarded as a pioneer in the fields of media, communications & information in the Arab region.
His forward-thinking attitude and laying the foundations of these progressive mega-projects have earned him a title of "Knight of Arab Media" (فارس الاعلام العربي).
He started as member of the Muslim Brotherhood group before the 1952 revolution when he was still a high school and military academy student.