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1990Oct, 12

Rifaat el-Mahgoub

Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (b. 1926)
Rifaat El Mahgoub (Arabic: رفعت المحجوب, IPA: [ˈɾefʕæt elmæħˈɡuːb]) (23 April 1926 – 12 October 1990) was an important Egyptian politician, speaker of the Egyptian Parliament, and a member of the then ruling National Democratic Party.

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