# Tarek Shaker

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'''Tarek Makram Shaker''' is an Egyptian politician. A [Coptic](/source/Copts_in_Egypt) Christian, he has served as Vice President of the Egyptian House in the US, an organization claiming to represent the Egyptian community in the [United States](/source/United_States).<ref>[http://britishorthodox.org/glastonburyreview/issue-121-news-from-the-mother-church/ News from the Mother Church], ''The Glastonbury Review'', No. 121 (January 2012)</ref><ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201201100671.html Egypt: FM Confers With Delegation of 'Egyptian House in U.S.' On Development Efforts], allafrica.com, 7 January 2012</ref> 

Tarek Shaker was appointed by [SCAF](/source/SCAF) to the [People's Assembly of Egypt](/source/People's_Assembly_of_Egypt) in January 2012. However, he has subsequently faced allegations that he is actually American, as well as being a twice-convicted criminal, and hence may not be eligible to sit in the parliament.<ref>[http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/scafs-parliament-appointee-may-be-illegal SCAF's Parliament appointee may be illegal]</ref>

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