Ahmad Fathi Sorour

Ahmad Fathi Sorour (; 9 July 1932 – 5 April 2024) was an Egyptian politician who served as the 9th speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt from 1990 until the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Previously he had served in the government as Minister of Education from 1986 to 1990. Sorour was first elected to the People's Assembly in April 1989, and he was elected as Speaker in November 1990.

He was President of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 1994–1997 and also served as President of the Union of African Parliaments in 1990–1991. According to Article 84 of the Egyptian Constitution, Sorour, as Speaker of the People's Assembly, was first in the order of succession to become President of Egypt if the President died, became incapacitated, or resigned. Upon the resignation of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, however, the military, headed by Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, assumed control of the state.