What is Hisham Bastawisy?
{{Infobox Officeholder | name = Hisham Bastawisy | image = Hisham Bastawisy.JPG | alt = | office = Vice President of the Egyptian Court of Cassation | birth_date = May 23, 1951 | birth_place = [[Cairo]], [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]] | death_date = April 17, 2021 (aged 69) | death_place = | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | birthname = | nationality = Egyptian | party = [[National Progressive Unionist Party|Tagammu]] | otherparty = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | spouse = Olfat Salah | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = [[Cairo University]] | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Hisham Mohammed Osman Bastawisy''' ({{lang-ar|هشام محمد عثمان بسطاويسي}}) was an Egyptian judge and the vice president of the Egyptian Court of Cassation. He was one of the leaders of the Egyptian opposition before and during the [[2011 Egyptian revolution]]. He ran for [[President of Egypt]] during the [[Egyptian presidential election, 2012|2012 elections]] as a [[National Progressive Unionist Party|Tagammu]] nominee.<ref name=official_candidates>{{cite web|title=المتقدمون للترشح لرئاسة جمهورية مصر العربية 2012|url=https://www.elections.eg/index.php/candidacy/applicants|publisher=Election comity|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505151311/https://www.elections.eg/index.php/candidacy/applicants|archive-date=2012-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Judge aims to restore Egypt's dignity |url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/374017 |work=[[Al-Masry Al-Youm]] |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=27 June 2011 }}</ref> He died on April 17 2021, aged 69. ==References== {{reflist}} {{au