Al-Ahram Weekly Issue No. 243 19 - 25 October 1995
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

The Dean

No'man Goma'a, 62, is the Wafd's deputy chairman. Born in the Nile Delta town of Shebin Al-Kom, he obtained a bachelor's degree in law from Cairo University in 1956 and joined the army as a volunteer in the same year, as the nation faced the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion. Captured by French forces, he later managed to escape. He served as an assistant district attorney until 1961, obtaining two law diplomas from Cairo University during the same period.

Winning a scholarship for advanced studies in France, he obtained a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne in 1966 and later taught law there. He was made chairman of the Egyptian Club in Paris in 1966. During his stay in France, he criticised Gamal Abdel-Nasser's regime, particularly following Egypt's defeat in the 1967 War. Upon his return to Egypt in 1970, he joined the staff of Cairo University's Faculty of Law and also began a law practice. In 1980, he became the head of the faculty's Civil Law Department and was promoted to faculty dean in 1988.

His membership of the Wafd dates back to his school days, and when the Wafd reappeared in 1978, he rejoined it, becoming a member of its higher committee. He became assistant secretary-general in 1986 and deputy chairman in 1989.

Goma'a, who contributes a regular column to the Wafd newspaper, is planning to run for election in the Imbaba constituency.

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