Sameh Seif El-Yazal

Sameh Seif El-Yazal was an Egyptian military officer and politician. He was elected to the Egyptian House of Representatives in 2015.

Career

El-Yazal fought in several wars including "the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the 6 October War". He was an officer in Egypt's Republican Guard, Military Intelligence and the General Intelligence Service.
El-Yazal was a frequent guest on media talk shows as a national security expert where he analysed issues, including during the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, as well as following the "ouster" of former president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. In December 2014, El-Yazal declared his intention to run for a parliamentary seat. Months later he became the coordinator of pro El-Sisi political coalition, called For the Love of Egypt, which was reportedly backed by the state. El-Yazal denied this allegation but after the coalition's victory in the parliamentary election in which it won 120 seats, El-Yazal publicly declared that the For the Love of Egypt coalition would be an arm of president El-Sisi in the parliament. He won his own election to the House of Representatives and became the leader of the largest interest group in the house until his death on 4 April 2016 from cancer.