Amina Shukri (, 1912–1964) was an Egyptian social worker and politician. In 1957 she was one of the first two women elected to the National Assembly.
Biography Shukri was born in Alexandria in 1912, the daughter of Mohamed Abu El-Ezz, a newspaper editor.Dr. Mohamed El-Demerdash: Publications Benha University She became a social worker and established a children's home that housed around 400 children, and was a member of the Feminist Union.Earl L. Sullivan (1986) Women in Egyptian Public Life, p40 She married Osman Shukri, a doctor and child specialist, with whom she had a daughter.
The 1956 constitution introduced women's suffrage and allowed women to stand as candidates, and Shukri was one of sixteen female candidates in the 1957 parliamentary elections,Women Office Seekers Create Furor Herald-Journal, 6 June 1957 running in Alexandria. She was elected in the second round of voting,150 Years of Egypt’s Parliament Parliament of Egypt becoming one of the first two female members of the National Assembly alongside Rawya Ateya.Egyptian Copts, women make record gains in 1st stage of 2015 parliament elections Ahram Online, 31 October 2015
She died during a trip to London for medical treatment in 1964.Mrs Amina Shukry The Times, 21 October 1964
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