Youssef Wali’s funeral this afternoon in the village of Nazla in Fayoum

Dr. Youssef Wali, a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, passed away on Saturday morning at the age of 89, after 22 years as minister and 18 as general secretary of the dissolved National Party.

The funeral is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday in Al-Nazla village, Al-Shawashna Center, in his hometown of Fayoum governorate.

Notably, “Wali” advised the family not to express condolences on his death, provided he was buried in his family’s cemetery in Youssef Al-Siddiq city in Fayoum governorate, Dr. Maher said. Wali, former dean of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Al-Azhar, in statements to Al-Masry Al-Hem, He had been suffering from a severe lung infection for more than a month, and that for the first time he preferred to follow his health in home and not at the Agricultural Hospital.

Al-Masry Al-Youm published the last dialogue of the former Minister of Agriculture, revealing the crisis of “carcinogenic pesticides” and heritability, and what the Brotherhood said was that its origins are Jewish, explaining the details of its role in the government and the administration and secrets of Egyptian-Arab and African relations for the past 30 years.

He confirmed, in his interview, that he obtained the innocence of all the accusations against him, either while he was Minister of Agriculture or after his departure from office.

Wali held many political positions, including Minister of Agriculture, Secretary General of the dissolved National Party and Deputy Prime Minister during the reign of former President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak. He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture and was appointed deputy of the People’s Assembly for the department of the Youssef Al-Siddiq center in Fayoum governorate.