Ahmed Shafik

As a former Minister of Civil Aviation, Shafik was prosecuted in cases involving the use of funds from public enterprises, including an agreement worth over EGP 23 million benefiting an association and funds allocated to a Heliopolis park. Earlier acquittals had been challenged and retrials ordered.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Accused

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

In early January 2018, Shafik announced that he would ultimately withdraw from the presidential election, publicly explaining that his time away from the country had led him to conclude that he was no longer the right person. However, testimonies reported in the press claimed that he had been pressured to withdraw.

State of the evidence

Disputed

Legal status — source text

Not applicable

Attribution

Directly implicated

After announcing from the Emirates his intention to challenge Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, Shafik said he was being prevented from travelling. His family subsequently claimed that Emirati authorities had taken him from his home and returned him to Egypt. Upon arrival, his whereabouts were briefly unknown; a press source also reported that he had been questioned and accused of attempting to destabilise the country before being released.

State of the evidence

Disputed

Attribution

Directly implicated

Shafik was tried alongside Alaa and Gamal Mubarak over a land sale linked to the pilots' association, with prosecutors alleging that plots had been sold below market value.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

Acquitted / conviction overturned

Attribution

Accused

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

In February 2013, prosecutors brought further allegations against Shafik concerning the sale of and profits from villas belonging to the Air Force Officers' Association, as well as alleged money laundering.

Attribution

Accused

His qualification for the second round of the first post-revolution presidential election polarised Egypt between fears of the former regime's return and rejection of the Muslim Brotherhood.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

Not applicable

Attribution

Directly implicated

Appointed Prime Minister during the final days of Mubarak's presidency, Shafik remained in office after the president's downfall and was rejected by some revolutionaries as an embodiment of the former system.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

Not applicable

Attribution

Directly implicated