Mortada Mansour

{{Short description|Egyptian lawyer (born 1952)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mortada Mansour | native_name = مرتضى منصور | birth_name = Mortada Ahmed Mohamed Mansour | image = Mortada Mansour.png | caption = Mortada Mansour in 2014 | office = 21st, 23rd, 31st, 32nd, and 36th President of Zamalek SC | term_start1 = 12 February 2022 | term_end1 = 3 August 2023 | successor1 = Hassan Moussa (interim) | term_start2 = 22 November 2021 | term_end2 = {{br list |12 February 2022|Acting}} | predecessor2 = Hussein Labib | term_start3 = 25 November 2017 | term_end3 = 29 November 2020 | successor3 = Ahmed Bakry (interim) | term_start4 = 29 March 2014 | term_end4 = 25 November 2017 | predecessor4 = Kamal Darwish | term_start5 = 3 April 2006 | term_end5 = 10 August 2006 | predecessor5 = Morsi Atallah | successor5 = Raouff Gasser | term_start6 = 3 April 2005 | term_end6 = 21 December 2005 | predecessor6 = Kamal Darwish | successor6 = Morsi Atallah | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1952|6|18}} | birth_place = Shubra, Cairo Governorate, Kingdom of Egypt | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Nagwa El Deeb | children = 3 | profession = Lawyer | signature = }}

'''Mortada Ahmed Mohamed Mansour''' ({{langx|ar|مرتضى أحمد محمد منصور}}; born 17 June 1952 in Cairo) is an Egyptian lawyer who served as president of Zamalek SC in several tenures.

==Education== Mansour studied law at Ain Shams University, and graduated in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elbalad.news/4120615|title=دخلت كلية الحقوق صدفة.. مرتضى منصور يكشف عن مهنته قبل العمل فى المحاماة.. فيديو|website=elbalad.news|language=Arabic|date=4 January 2020}}</ref> He later worked at Ismailia Procuracy, before he became a court president.<ref name="goal.com">{{cite web |last=Abdulrahman |first=Mahmoud |url=https://www.goal.com/ar/أخبار/انتخابات-الزمالك--مرتضى-منصور--الحاكم-بأمره/vf4dkkh1zums1j1rfosg1wht7 |title=انتخابات الزمالك {{!}} مرتضى منصور .. الحاكم بأمره |publisher=Goal.com |language=ar |date=12 November 2017 }}</ref>

==Politics== After two failed attempts in 1990 and 1995, he became a member of the Egyptian Parliament, from 2000 to 2005, then from 2015 to 2020,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/11/10/mortada-mansour-loses-parliamentary-elections/ |title=Mortada Mansour Loses Parliamentary Elections |website=Egyptian Streets |date=10 November 2020 }}</ref> representing Dakahlia Governorate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/817732.aspx|title=ننشر أسماء الفائزين في انتخابات مجلس النواب بـ 11 دائرة بالدقهلية|website=ahram.org|language=Arabic|date=3 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505135231/http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/817732.aspx|archive-date=2019-05-05}}</ref> He was appointed the head of the Human Rights Committee in January 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mideastdc.org/publication/snapshot-all-the-presidents-mps-the-egyptian-parliaments-role-in-burying-human-rights-and-silencing-dissent/|title=Snapshot - All the President's MPs: The Egyptian Parliament's Role In Burying Human Rights and Silencing Dissent|agency=Middle East Democracy Center|date=12 June 2017|access-date=26 December 2025}}</ref>

Mansour announced his intention on 6 April 2014 to pursue the presidency in the 2014 Egyptian presidential election,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.madamasr.com/content/mortada-mansour-run-president|title=Mortada Mansour to run for president|agency=Mada Masr|date=6 April 2014|access-date=8 April 2014}}</ref> though he withdrew on 19 April and announced his support for former defense minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for the presidency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/99397/Egypt/Politics-/Lawyer-Mortada-Mansour-withdraws-from-presidential.aspx|title=Lawyer Mortada Mansour withdraws from presidential race|publisher=Ahram Online|date=19 April 2014|access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref>

He announced in January 2018 that he would run in the 2018 Egyptian presidential election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2018/01/14/mp-mortada-mansour-declares-presidential-bid/|title=MP Mortada Mansour declares presidential bid|agency=Daily News Egypt|date=14 January 2018|access-date=27 December 2025|last=El-Sheikh|first=Sarah}}</ref> He withdrew from the race several weeks later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.egyptindependent.com/mortada-mansour-backtracks-presidential-bid/|title=Mortada Mansour backtracks on presidential bid|publisher=Egypt Independent|date=27 January 2018|access-date=27 December 2025}}</ref>

Mansour indicated in January 2018 that he would run for the presidency of the Lawyers Syndicate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2020/01/27/mortada-mansour-to-run-for-lawyers-syndicate-presidency/|title=Mortada Mansour to run for Lawyers Syndicate presidency|agency=Daily News Egypt|date=27 January 2018|access-date=27 December 2025|last=El-Sheikh|first=Sarah}}</ref>

==Career at Zamalek== Mansour joined Zamalek in 1992, then he served as a board member from 1996 until 2001, when he became vice-president to Kamal Darwish, before winning the club's presidential election against the latter in April 2005.<ref name="goal.com"/> In December 2005, Egyptian Minister of Youth, Mamdouh El-Beltagy, declared the dissolution of Zamalek's board of directors, in which Morsi Atallah was appointed as president until the next elections; however, Mansour returned to his position in April 2006.<ref name="goal.com"/>

In August 2006, Minister of Sport, Hassan Sakr, announced the second dissolution of the board, as Mansour was sentenced on charges of insulting the head of a judicial body, El-Sayed Naofel, and trying to storm his office. Mansour was imprisoned in 2007 for three years,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiosawa.com/amp/146559.html|title=الحكم بالسجن ثلاث سنوات على رئيس نادي الزمالك المصري|website=radiosawa.com|language=Arabic|date=2 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421200129/https://www.radiosawa.com/amp/146559.html|archive-date=2019-04-21}}</ref> which was later reduced to one year. In 2009, he lost the elections against Mamdouh Abbas, before defeating Kamal Darwish in 2014.<ref name="goal.com"/> In November 2017, he won another election to remain as president for another three-year tenure.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1646555.aspx |title=تعرف على عدد أصوات الناجحين بمجلس إدارة الزمالك.. وأحمد جلال يحقق المركز الأول |publisher=ahram.org |language=ar |date=25 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128171601/http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1646555.aspx |archive-date=2017-11-28 }}</ref>

On 4 October 2020, the board of directors of the Egyptian Olympic Committee decided to suspend Mortada Mansour from practicing any sporting activity in Egypt for four years, based on complaints submitted by the president of Al-Ahly, Mahmoud El Khatib, and many others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://alkhaleejtoday.co/international/5063068/Olympic-Committee-decides-to-suspend-Mortada-Mansour-for-4-years.html |title=Olympic Committee decides to suspend Mortada Mansour for 4 years |website=Al Khaleej Today |date=5 October 2020 }}</ref> On 22 November 2021, Mansour and his board of directors officially returned back to Zamalek SC management, following the departure of the normalization committee until the club's next elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2021/11/22/mortada-mansour-returns-zamalek/ |title = OFFICIAL: Mortada Mansour returns to Zamalek| date=22 November 2021 }}</ref>

On 12 February 2022, he returned to his position at Zamalek for the third time, by defeating Major general Ahmad Suleiman in the elections held by the club through the general assembly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://al-ain.com/article/mortada-mansour-results-zamalek-elections|title=نتائج انتخابات الزمالك.. مرتضى منصور رئيسا للمرة الثالثة|website=العين الرياضية|language=ar|date=12 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/3668055/1/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83 |title=مرتضى منصور رئيسا لنادي الزمالك |publisher=akhbarelyom.com |language=ar |date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212113421/https://m.akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/3668055/1/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83 |archive-date=2022-02-12 }}</ref>

On 25 February 2023, Mansour turned himself in to Egyptian authorities to serve a one-month prison sentence at Wadi el-Natrun, over a defamation case against Al-Ahly president Mahmoud El Khatib.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zaineldine |first=Amina |url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/02/25/mortada-mansour-jailed-for-one-month-turns-himself-in/ |title=Mortada Mansour Jailed for One Month, Turns Himself In |website=Egyptian Streets |date=25 February 2023 }}</ref> On 30 March, he resumed his duties at Zamalek after serving his prison sentence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://africanfootball.com/news/804881/Zamalek-announce-Mansour-return |title=Zamalek announce Mansour return |website=African Football |date=1 April 2023 }}</ref> On 16 April, the Court of administrative justice ruled that Minister of Youth and Sports, Ashraf Sobhy, had to remove Mansour from his position as Zamalek president.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2023/04/16/court-displaces-mansour-zamalek-president/ |title=OFFICIAL: Administrative justice court displaces Mansour as Zamalek president |publisher=KingFut |date=16 April 2023 }}</ref> On 3 August, he announced his departure from Zamalek four months after the court's decision, ahead of club's elections on 31 October.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2023/08/03/mortada-mansour-departs-zamalek/ |title=OFFICIAL: Mortada Mansour announces Zamalek departure |publisher=KingFut |date=3 August 2023 }}</ref>

==Personal life== Mansour is married to Najwa al-Deeb, with whom he has two sons and one daughter. He has 9 grandchildren.

==Opinions== [[File:Egyptian blackmailer Mortada Mansour ARABIC.gif|thumb|"Mortada Mansour", by Carlos Latuff, 2011. The caricature states that Mansour used extortion through alleged CDs during his presidential campaign]] Mansour has called the day of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, 25 January, "the worst-ever day in Egypt's history".<ref>{{cite news|title=Egypt's crackdown|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21688902-government-tries-forget-inconvenient-anniversary-remember-remember|access-date=25 January 2016|newspaper=The Economist|date=23 January 2016}}</ref> He also holds very strict and negative thoughts and comments towards Zamalek SC's arch rival, Al-Ahly, and consistently accuses them of manipulating the Egyptian football federation for fixing the schedules in their favor. He also believed that black magic and genies were responsible for Zamalek SC's bad luck and poor performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mubasher.aljazeera.net/news/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B9-%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88 |title=مرتضى منصور: السحر والجن وراء تراجع أداء الزمالك |website=Al Jazeera |language=Arabic |date=25 December 2019 }}</ref>

Mansour is a vocal critic of actresses and their dresses in Egyptian media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahamag.com/article/137997-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84|title=بالفيديو - مرتضى منصور يهاجم رانيا يوسف بشراسة.. ماذا قال؟|website=lahamag.com|language=Arabic|date=21 September 2019}}</ref> During the COVID-19 pandemic, he criticized robots like Sophia and her manufacturers for imitating God's creation, when he said:

{{blockquote|text=God punishes us "humanity" because we tried to challenge him by making a "robot" to compete with the Creator, a robot that speaks and roams the whole world.|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alwafd.news/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%80%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7/2863943-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3-%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%82%D9%87|title=فيديو.. مرتضى منصور: كورونا عقاب من الله بسبب صناعة روبوت ينافس خلقه|website=alwafd.news|language=Arabic|date=18 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifm.tn/ar/article/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86/21206|title=مرتضى منصور: الكورونا عقاب رباني شديد للعالم بعد صناعة الصين روبوت شبيه بالإنسان|website=ifm.tn|language=Arabic|date=28 April 2020}}</ref>}}

==Legal issues and controversies== In September 2018, Mansour was suspended by CAF for one year with a fee of 40,000 USD, as he offended its President Ahmad Ahmad and General Secretary Amr Fahmy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/arabic/sports-45693357.amp |title=الكاف يحرم مرتضى منصور رئيس نادي الزمالك المصري من أي نشاط رياضي لمدة عام |website=BBC |language=ar |date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201102827/https://www.bbc.com/arabic/sports-45693357.amp |archive-date=2021-12-01 }}</ref>

In January 2020, the Egyptian parliament led by Ali Abdel Aal refused three demands to strip Mansour of immunity, due to the presence of malicious suspicion of the complaints, and previous disagreements between him and the accusers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/1/28/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B6-3-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1/4606868 |title=البرلمان يرفض 3 طلبات لرفع الحصانة عن مرتضى منصور |website=youm7.com |language=Arabic |date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129230255/https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/1/28/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B6-3-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1/4606868 |archive-date=2020-01-29 }}</ref> In August, there was a hearing in the Egyptian parliament whether to lift immunity of Mansour, following a voice leak, in which he insulted Al-Ahly president Mahmoud El Khatib and his former player Mahmoud Kahraba. In the meantime, Mansour claimed that his phone was hacked by a Qatari intelligence officer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/8/17/%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B6-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%803-%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7/4933751 |title=تفاصيل رفض البرلمان رفع الحصانة عن مرتضى منصور بـ3 قضايا.. المجلس يسمع أقواله فى فيديو سب وقذف الخطيب..ويتهم مخابرات قطر باختراق هاتفه وفبركة فيديو جنسى..والنواب يتبنى مبادرة للم الشمل بين رئيسى الأهلى والزمالك |website=youm7.com |language=Arabic |date=17 August 2020 }}</ref>

On 24 January 2023, Mark Clattenburg who served as president of the Egyptian Referees Committee resigned from his position and left Egypt, due to threats from fans after Mansour alleged that he was in a gay relationship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://talksport.com/football/1313383/premier-league-mark-clattenburg-leaves-egypt-abuse/ |title=Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg leaves Egypt following threats from fans after Zamalek president Mortada Mansour incorrectly claimed he was in a gay relationship |website=talkSPORT |date=24 January 2023 }}</ref>

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