CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Sami Sharaf, former minister of presidency affairs and secretary of late president Gamal Abdel Nasser, passed away on Monday at the age of 93.

Sharaf died at Wadi El-Nil hospital after a several-month battle with illness.

Sharaf, who was born in Cairo in 1929, was graduated from the Military Academy in Egypt in 1949.

Following the July 23 Revolution, Sharaf was appointed as a military intelligence officer.

Nasser entrusted Sharaf with establishing and heading the secretarial office for information at the Egyptian presidency.

In April 1970, Sami Sharaf was appointed as minister of presidency affairs. (MENA)

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