Egypt's business elite after Mubarak: a powerful player between generals and brotherhood

Abstract: "Alongside economic wealth, Egypt's business elite attained notable political influence under Mubarak. And after Mubarak's fall in February 2011 Egyptian entrepreneurs very successfully defended their power, profiting from the laxness of fraud and corruption investigations after the armed forces took power. The same course was continued by the Muslim Brotherhood under the presidency of Mohammed Morsi in 2012/2013. More broadly, the Brotherhood’s policies closely echoed Mubarak’s pro-business economic policy. But its attempt to co-opt the business elite failed, as did the efforts of certain Brotherhood members to seriously expand their own business activities. Many of the mostly secular-leaning top entrepreneurs were deeply mistrustful of the Brotherhood and supported its adversaries by funding opposition parties and politicians and via private-sector media. These activities contributed to the Brotherhood's failure to consolidate the power it gained through elections. The armed forc

Object Details

• Alternative title: Ägyptens Unternehmerelite nach Mubarak: machtvoller Akteur zwischen Militär und Muslimbruderschaft
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 28 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SWP Research Paper ; Bd. 8/2013

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2013
• Creator: Roll, Stephan
• Contributor: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-385620
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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