sentences:  He was elected to parliament in 1978, 1984 and 1987, where he led the coalition of opposition parties against the ruling National Democratic Party headed by the then Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.Shoukry remained Head of the Labour Party until the Egyptian Government, supported by emergency law imposed since the beginning of Mubarak's rule in 1981, suspended the party and its official newspaper "Al-Shaab" (The People) in 2000 because of its fierce opposition of Mubarak's policies.Ibrahim Shoukry gradually retreated from public life because of ill health until his death on 5 August 2008 at the age of 92.