Essam el-Erian
Essam el-Erian عصام العريان | |
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Essam el-Erian in 2007 | |
| Vice Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party | |
| In office 30 April 2011 – 9 August 2014 | |
| Chairman | Mohamed Morsi Saad El-Katatni |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Party outlawed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1954 Nahya, Imbaba, Egypt |
| Died | 13 August 2020 (aged 66) Scorpion Prison, Cairo Governorate, Egypt |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Political party | Freedom and Justice Party |
| Alma mater | Cairo University |
| Profession | Physician |
Essam al-Din Muhammad Hussein el-Erian (Arabic: عصام الدين محمد حسين العريان) (28 April 1954 – 13 August 2020) was an Egyptian physician and politician. He was the vice chairman of the Freedom And Justice Party. Formerly he was a member of the Guidance Bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood. He was elected as a parliament member in the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election. After the 2013 Egyptian coup, prosecutors ordered his arrest on 10 July 2013. On 14 July 2013, Egypt's new prosecutor general Hisham Barakat ordered his assets to be frozen. el-Erian was arrested by the government on 30 October 2013. He was also the paternal cousin of Sami Amin Al-Arian.