Hussein Salem
| Hussein Salem | |
|---|---|
| Born |
حسين سالم 11 November 1933 Sinai Peninsula, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian, Spanish |
| Occupation | Jolie Ville Resort owner, East Mediterranean Gas Company co-owner |
| Known for | Business mogul, relationship with Hosni Mubarak, investigated for corruption and squandering public money |
Hussein Salem (Arabic: حسين سالم; born 11 November 1933) is an Egyptian-Spanish businessman, co-owner of the East Mediterranean Gas Company (EMG), and ally and advisor to former president Hosni Mubarak. He is also the chairman and CEO of HKS Group, a hospitality company that operates Maritim Jolie Ville Resort in Sharm El Sheikh. He has been described as "one of the most secretive businessmen in Egypt", a mogul, and Mubarak's close confidant. He was known as the "Father of Sharm El Sheikh" due to his resort development activities.
Salem was born on 11 November 1933 in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Records of the Egyptian Administrative Control Authority indicate, however, that he was born in the Helwan suburb of Cairo, although al-Ahram Weekly states the latter location was actually Salem's father's birthplace. His father, Kamal el-Din, worked as a school teacher, but died of typhoid during Salem's childhood. Afterward, his family moved to an apartment in the Korba area of Cairo's Heliopolis district.
His mother, Hosnia Tabozoda (who was of Turkish origins,) encountered great difficulty providing for her children with her late husband's pension, forcing Salem, the eldest of his two siblings to become the family's main provider. He also had five half-siblings from his father's first wife (Hosnia was his second wife,) but was not responsible for them, most of whom were older than Salem. Although it has not been proven, he allegedly has Bedouin origins. Some sources say this was a rumor Salem allegedly spread in order to help him secure future business deals with the Bedouin tribes of the southern Sinai Peninsula. The only known relation Salem had with the Bedouin was through marriage; his half-sibling Samiha married into the Abaydah tribe of Ismailia and Sinai.
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