Mr Mansour gave £5million to the Conservatives last January, which at the time was the single largest donation the party had received in over 20 years. He was appointed a senior Treasurer of the Tories in December 2022.
A naturalised British citizen, he has also donated to many charitable causes including the King’s Foundation and a memorial for the victims of Covid.
His knighthood was awarded for services to “business, charity and political service”.
Mr Mansour has previously spoken about the Prime Minister in glowing terms and has said he “understands how growth is generated in the modern economy”.
He also served from 2006 to 2009 as a transport minister under Hosni Mubarak, the late Egyptian president who quit office during the 2011 Arab Spring.
Mubarak, who died in 2020, was considered an autocrat and was accused of maintaining his grip on office by cracking down on political opposition and stifling free speech.
Mr Sunak also knighted Mark Spencer, the farming minister, while Harriet Baldwin, chair of the Commons Treasury committee, and Tracey Crouch, a former sports minister, were made dames.
Mr Spencer was previously the Tory chief whip and was cleared of telling Nus Ghani, a Muslim minister, that she had been sacked because of her faith.
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