Essam el-Erian

Dr. Essam Mohamed Hussein el-Erian () (28 April 1954 – 13 August 2020) was an Egyptian physician and politician. He was the vice chairman of the Freedom And Justice party. Between 2011 and 2013, he was a member of the Parliament of Egypt.
After the 2013 Egyptian coup, prosecutors ordered his arrest on 10 July 2013. On 14 July 2013, Egypt's new prosecutor general Hisham Barakat ordered his assets to be frozen. El-Erian was arrested by the government on 30 October 2013.
El-Erian died of a heart attack while in prison in Cairo on 13 August 2020, aged 66.