CAIRO — A steel tycoon who came to epitomize the cronyism and corruption in Egypt during the era of President Hosni Mubarak was disqualified on Sunday from running for Parliament, according to state news media reports.
The tycoon, Ahmed Ezz, 56, had filed papers earlier this month announcing his intention to run again for Parliament, where he had been a leader. But an election committee disqualified him on the grounds that he had failed to submit financial statements by one of his wives, Shahinaz el-Naggar, a prominent businesswoman, according to a judicial official who spoke to Al-Ahram, the flagship state newspaper.
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