جابر عصفور Gaber Asfour | |
Office1: | Minister of Culture of Egypt |
Term Start1: | 17 June 2014[1] |
Term End1: | 5 March 2015 |
Term Start2: | 1 February 2011 |
Term End2: | 9 February 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Farouk Hosny |
Successor2: | Abdel-Wahed El-Nabawi[2] |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1944 |
Birth Place: | El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt |
Nationality: | Egyptian |
Party: | National Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | Cairo University |
Gaber Ahmed Asfour (Arabic: جابر أحمد عصفور, pronounced as /ˈɡæːbeɾ ʕɑsˤˈfuːɾ/ (25 March 1944 – 31 December 2021) was an Egyptian academic and politician who was a professor at Cairo University from 1966. He was appointed the Minister of Culture on 1 February 2011.[3] [4] He had published Countering Fanaticism, Times of the Novel and In Defense of the Enlightenment, among others.[5] [6]
During the 2011 Egyptian protests, he was appointed minister of culture, but he resigned after only one week in office, citing health problems as the reason for his resignation.[7] Asfour died on 31 December 2021, at the age of 77.[8]