Former Prime Minister Under Hosni Mubarak Gets 5 Years in Prison

Ahmed Nazif gets 5 years in prison under graft charges in a retrial.

Ahmed Nazif with his son in 2014. (Photo: Reuters)

An Egyptian court has sentenced Ahmed Nazif, a former prime minister under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, to five years in jail on graft charges in a retrial, judicial sources said on Wednesday.

Hosni Mubarak, former President of Egypt. (Photo: Reuters)

Nazif had previously been sentenced to three years before launching an appeal that led to the retrial.