Who is Mohamed Mansour? Knighted billionaire who gave Tories £5m
Who is Mohamed Mansour? Knighted billionaire who gave Tories £5m
The UK’s honours system was plunged into fresh controversy after a billionaire Tory donor who gave £5m to the Conservative Party was knighted on the recommendation of Rishi Sunak.
Businessman Mohamed Mansour, a senior treasurer at the party, was awarded a knighthood for business, charity and political service.
No 10 sources pointed to Mr Mansour’s charitable work and record of public service, including support for The Prince’s Foundation – now The King’s Foundation – and a major contributor to St Paul’s Cathedral’s Remember Me project, which raised money for a physical memorial to those who died of Covid-19 in the UK.
But Labour attacked the Prime Minister over the Easter honours’ decision to hand the Egyptian-born entrepreneur a gong and said the public would be “appalled”.
Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds said: “This is either the arrogant act of an entitled man who’s stopped caring what the public thinks, or the demob-happy self-indulgence of someone who doesn’t expect to be Prime Minister much longer.
“Either way, it shows a blatant disrespect for the office he should feel privileged to hold.”
Mr Mansour was appointed as the party’s treasurer in December 2022.
He had previously served as a transport minister under Egypt’s autocratic former president Hosni Mubarak from 2006-09.
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