{{Short description|Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Ashraf Sobhy |native_name = أشرف صبحي |birth_name = Ashraf Sobhy Muhammad Hussain Aamir<ref>{{Cite web |title=السيرة الذاتية لوزير الشباب والرياضة الجديد - اخبار |url=http://akhbarak.net/news/16091445/articles/31513158/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=أخبارك.نت |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 June 2018 |title=تعرف على السيرة الذاتية لأشرف صبحي وزير الشباب والرياضة الجديد.. فيديو |url=https://www.elbalad.news/3348003 |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=صدى البلد |language=ar-eg}}</ref> |image = Dr.Ashraf-sobhy.png |order = |office = Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports |prime_minister = Mostafa Madbouly |president = Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |term_start = 14 July 2018 |term_end = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|4|14|df=y}} |birth_place = Sharqia Governorate, Egypt{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} |death_date = |death_place = |alma_mater = Helwan University, Iowa University<ref>{{Cite web |title=أشرف صبحي.. خبرات أكاديمية عديدة تقوده لوزارة الشباب والرياضة |url=https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1969446.aspx |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=بوابة الأهرام |language=ar}}</ref> }}
'''Ashraf Sobhy''' ({{langx|ar|أشرف صبحي}}; born 14 April 1968) is the current Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports, and a professor of Sports Department at Helwan University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=السيرة الذاتية لأشرف صبحي وزير الرياضة في عيد ميلاده الـ52 |url=https://sport.elwatannews.com/ar/1/1/709169/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%8452 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=sport.elwatannews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ashraf Sobhy - EgyptToday |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Tag/54496/Ashraf-Sobhy |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=www.egypttoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ناصف |first=رفيق محمد |date=24 September 2021 |title=وزير الشباب والرياضة يناقش رسالة ماجستير بجامعة طنطا |url=https://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/5710507 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=الوطن |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=إصابة الدكتور أشرف صبحي بفيروس كورونا {{!}} المصري اليوم |url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2506915 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=www.almasryalyoum.com |language=ar}}</ref>
Ashraf Sobhi was assigned to work as an assistant to the Minister of Youth and Sports in the government of Ibrahim Mahlab since August 2014 until March 2016, but he submitted his resignation without reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=تعيين 6 شباب معاونين لوزير الشباب |url=https://gate.ahram.org.eg/daily/News/41321/6/328545/رياضة/تعيين--شباب-معاونين-لوزير-الشباب.aspx |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=الأهرام اليومي |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2014 |title=بعد أداء اليمين..رئيس الوزراء يرتبك أمام السيسي..ووزير الداخلية يتعهد بتنظيم المرور.. وأبو النصر:لن أجلس في مكاتب مكيفة |url=https://www.elbalad.news/1003529 |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=صدى البلد |language=ar-eg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=من هو اشرف صبحي وزير الرياضة السيرة الذاتية - الفريد التعليمي |url=https://www.alfareededu.com/11870/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=www.alfareededu.com}}</ref> On 14 June 2018, Sobhi was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports in the government of Mostafa Madbouly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madbouly government sworn in; we have new finance and trade ministers |url=https://enterprise.press/stories/2018/06/19/madbouly-government-sworn-in-we-have-new-finance-and-trade-ministers/ |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=Enterprise |language=en}}</ref>
== Education == Sobhi holds the following degrees: * Bachelor of Physical Education from the Faculty of Physical Education at Helwan University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Physical Education-Aswan University: the conclusion of the first forum for employing students and graduates in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth &Sports – faculty of physics |url=https://phy.aswu.edu.eg/en/news/faculty-of-physical-education-aswan-university-the-conclusion-of-the-first-forum-for-employing-students-and-graduates-in-cooperation-with-the-ministry-of-youth-sports/ |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Master in Sports Public Relations from Helwan University. - 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Egypt's 12 new ministers in PM Mostafa Madbouly's cabinet - Politics - Egypt |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/302459/Egypt/Politics-/Meet-Egypts--new-ministers-in-PM-Mostafa-Madboulys.aspx |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=Ahram Online}}</ref> * Ph.D. in Sports Administration from Helwan University and Iowa University as well- 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 April 2019 |title=أشرف صبحى وزير الشباب والرياضة الجديد..يعمل أستاذ إدارة الأعمال الرياضية بجامعة حلوان..تولى رئاسة هيئة ستاد القاهرة من يناير 2012 حتى أغسطس 2014 عمل مساعدا لوزير الشباب والرياضة منذ أغسطس 2014 وحتى مارس 2016 - اليوم السابع |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2018/6/14/%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%89-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84/3833474 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051125/https://www.youm7.com/story/2018/6/14/%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%89-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84/3833474 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=أشرف صبحي.. خبرات أكاديمية عديدة تقوده لوزارة الشباب والرياضة |url=https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1969446.aspx |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=بوابة الأهرام |language=ar}}</ref>
== Sport career == Sobhy played Karate and won the Karate Republic Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CMT {{!}} News |url=https://www.aast.edu/en/colleges/cmt/latakia/news.php |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=www.aast.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympics -- Egypt State Information Service, Cairo |url=https://allafrica.com/list/aans/post/af/cat/olympics/pubkey/publisher:editorial:00010878.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=allAfrica.com |language=en}}</ref>
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