# Aziz Sedky
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{{Short description|Egyptian politician and engineer (1920–2008)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Aziz Sedky
| image = Aziz Sedki.jpg
| image_size = 210px
| caption = Sedky in 1972
| order = 36th [Prime Minister of Egypt](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Egypt)
| president = [Anwar Sadat](/source/Anwar_Sadat)
| birth_date = 1 July 1920
| birth_place = [Cairo](/source/Cairo), [Egypt](/source/Egypt)
| death_date = 25 January 2008 (aged 87)
| death_place = [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France)
| term_start = 16 January 1972
| term_end = 26 March 1973
| predecessor = [Mahmoud Fawzi](/source/Mahmoud_Fawzi)
| successor = [Anwar Sadat](/source/Anwar_Sadat)
| party = [Arab Socialist Union](/source/Arab_Socialist_Union_(Egypt))
| spouse = Leila Sioufi
| native_name_lang = ar
| native_name = {{nobold|عزيز صدقي}}
}}
'''Aziz Sedky''' ({{langx|ar|عزيز صدقي}}, {{IPA|ar|ʕæˈziːz ˈsedʔi|IPA}}; 1 July 1920 – 25 January 2008) was an Egyptian [politician](/source/politician) and [engineer](/source/engineer).[{{cite news|title=The Death of Former Egyptian Prime Minister Aziz Sedki |url=http://arabdemocracyfoundation.org/news/more2.php?id=44 |work=[Arab Democracy Foundation](/source/Arab_Democracy_Foundation)|date=26 January 2008|access-date=24 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003085100/http://arabdemocracyfoundation.org/news/more2.php?id=44 |archive-date=3 October 2011}}] Sedky served as the [Prime Minister of Egypt](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Egypt) from 16 January 1972 until 26 March 1973. He was nicknamed the "father of Egyptian [industry](/source/Industrial_sector)."[
==Early life and education==
Aziz Sedky was born in [Cairo](/source/Cairo), [Egypt](/source/Egypt), on 1 July 1920.][ He graduated with a degree in engineering from [Cairo University](/source/Cairo_University) in 1944.][ He went on to earn a [doctorate](/source/doctorate) in [economic planning](/source/economic_planning) from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts).][
==Career==
Sedky was appointed as a technical adviser to the Egyptian prime minister's office in 1955, a few years after the [Egyptian Revolution of 1952](/source/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1952).][ He next served as a full-time member of the services board until 1956.][
In 1956, Sedky was appointed as minister of industry by the [President](/source/President_of_Egypt) [Gamal Abdel Nasser](/source/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser).][ Among Sedky's tasks as minister was the supervision of an [industrialization](/source/industrialization) program, which was financed by the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union).][ The Soviets were, at the time, an important [ally](/source/alliance) of the Egyptian government. Sedky launched a five-year industrialization plan in 1957.][ This initiative was later merged into a "general five-year development plan", which lasted from 1961 until 1965.][ He was a member of the [Arab Socialist Union](/source/Arab_Socialist_Union_(Egypt)) from 1962 and became part of its secret unit, the Socialist Vanguard (Arabic: al-Tanzim al-Tali‘i), which was also called the Vanguard Organization, in 1963 when the unit was established.][{{cite magazine
|author=Hesham Sallam|title=From the State of Vanguards to the House of Kofta: Reflections on Egypt's Authoritarian Impasse|access-date=5 November 2022|magazine=[Jadaliyya](/source/Jadaliyya)|date=26 October 2020|url=https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/41912}}]
Sedky was promoted as deputy prime minister responsible for industry and mineral resources in 1964.[ Simultaneously, he also became the [minister of petroleum and mineral resources](/source/Ministry_of_Petroleum_and_Mineral_Resources_(Egypt)) in 1964 as well.][ In November 1970, Sedky was also named as the [deputy prime minister](/source/deputy_prime_minister) for production and trade.][
Sedky was appointed [prime minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Egypt) on 16 January 1972, following the resignation of [Mahmoud Fawzi](/source/Mahmoud_Fawzi).][ He remained in office until 26 March 1973 when he was replaced by [Anwar Sadat](/source/Anwar_Sadat) in the post.][
==Death==
Aziz Sedky died at the age of 87 on 25 January 2008, at the Hospital Européen Georges Pompidou in [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France).][
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