Saad El-Katatni
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| Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party | |
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Assumed office 19 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Mohamed Morsi |
| Speaker of the People's Assembly | |
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In office 23 January 2012 – 22 September 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Ahmad Fathi Sorour* |
| Succeeded by | Ali Abdel Aal** |
| Secretary-General of the Freedom and Justice Party | |
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In office 30 April 2011 – 22 January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
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Mohamed Saad Tawfik El-Katatni 3 April 1952 Girga, Egypt |
| Political party | Freedom and Justice Party |
| Alma mater | Minya University |
| Profession | Academic |
| Religion | Islam |
| * Office vacant from 13 February 2011 to 23 January 2012 ** Office vacant from 22 September 2012 to 10 January 2016 |
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Mohamed Saad Tawfik El-Katatni (Arabic: محمد سعد توفيق الكتاتني, alternatively spelled El-Katatny or Al-Katatni; born 3 April 1952) is an Egyptian Islamist politician who has been the chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) since October 2012. From January 2012 until its dissolution in September he was the first Speaker of the People's Assembly after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Prior to this, he served as the first secretary-general of the FJP and was a member of the Guidance Bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood.
El-Katatni was born on 3 April 1952. He completed his undergraduate studies of botany at the Assiut University with a B.Sc. degree in 1974. After one year of military conscription, he continued his studies, specialising in microbiology and taking his master's degree in 1979. After four more years of study at the Minya University, concurrently with the work as an assistant lecturer, he was conferred a doctorate in microbiology (physiological plant pathology). Subsequently, he worked as a lecturer at the same university. In 1991 he was promoted to become associate professor. In 2004, he got a full professorship.
From 2005 to 2010, El-Katatni led the parliamentary bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood. Later, he served on the guidance bureau of the group. When the Muslim Brotherhood founded the Freedom and Justice Party on 30 April 2011, El-Katatni was chosen as the secretary-general of the party. Therefore, he retired from the guidance bureau.
On 22 January 2012, he resigned as FJP secretary to become elected as the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt the next day. He received 399 votes, 80 percent of the 498 votes cast.
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