Saad El-Katatni
Saad El-Katatni is an Egyptian Islamist politician who has been the chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party since October 2012. He served as the 10th speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt and was the first after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 From January 2012 until its dissolution in September. 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.
Early life and education
El-Katatni was born on 4 March 1952. He completed his undergraduate studies of botany at the Assiut University with a BSc 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. 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.Political career
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.
On 19 October 2012, the FJP selected him to serve as the party's chairman. At the time, the FJP is Egypt's largest political party and controls 47% of Egypt's lower house of parliament's seats.