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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Ex-Mubarak minister Mohamed Mansour donates £5m to Tories

Mohamed Mansour
Egyptian-born Mohamed Mansour is the billionaire chair of Mansour Group. Photograph: Orlando Ramirez/USA Today Sports

The Conservatives have accepted a £5m donation from an Egyptian-born billionaire who served as a minister in the government of the former president Hosni Mubarak.

Mohamed Mansour, who was made senior treasurer of the Conservatives in December, announced he had given the sum to the party, its biggest one-off donation for more than 20 years.

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