Ministry of Justice (Egypt)

The Ministry of Justice is the justice ministry of the government of Egypt. Its headquarters are in Cairo.

Arab Republic of Egypt
Ministry of Justice
Emblem of Egypt
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Egypt
HeadquartersCairo
Agency executive
  • Mohamed Hossam Abdel-Rahim, Minister

Profile

On 17 June 2014 Mahfouz Saber was appointed Minister of Justice.[1]

On 20 May 2015 Ahmed El-Zend was appointed as Minister of Justice[2] and was reappointed on 19 September 2015 but[3] on 14 March 2016, he was removed from his post, by Egyptian Prime Minister, Sherif Ismail, for making controversial comments.[4]

On 23 March Mohamed Hossam Abdel-Rahim was named Minister of Justice.[5]

List of ministers
  • Mohammed Sabri Abu Alam (1942-1944)
  • Mohamed Ali Rushdie (1952)
  • Ahmed Hosni (1952-1961)
  • Nihad Al-Qasim (1961)
  • Fathi Al-Sharqawi (1961-1964)
  • Badawi Ibrahim Hamouda (1964-1965)
  • Essam El Din Hassouna (1965-1968)
  • Mohamed Abu Nusair (1968-1969)
  • Mustafa Kamel Ismail (1969-1970)
  • Hassan Fahmi al-Badawi (1970-1971)
  • Mohamed Mohamed Salama (1971-1973)
  • Fakhri Mohamed Abdel Nabi (1973-1974)
  • Mustafa Abu Zeid Fahmi (1974-1975)
  • Adel Younis (1975-1976)
  • Ahmed Sameeh Talaat (1976-1978)
  • Ahmed Mamdouh Attia (1978)
  • Ahmed Ali Moussa (1978-1979)
  • Anwar Abdel Fattah Abu Sahli (1979-1981)
  • Ahmed Sameer Sami (1981-1982)
  • Ahmed Mamdouh Attia (1982-1987)
  • Farouk Mohammed Saif Al-Nasr (1987-2004)
  • Mahmoud Abu El-Lail (2004-2006)
  • Mamdouh Meri (2006-2011)
  • Mohamed Abdel Aziz El Gendy (2011)
  • Adel Abdul Hamid (2011-2012)
  • Ahmed Mekki (2012-2013)
  • Ahmed Suleiman (2013)
  • Adel Abdel Hamid (2013-2014)
  • Nair Othman (2014)
  • Mahfouz Saber (2014-2015)
  • Ahmed Al-Zind (2015-2016)
  • Mohamed Hossam (2016–present)

See also

References
  1. "BREAKING: New government swears in". The Cairo Post. 17 June 2014.
  2. Samaan, Magdy (20 May 2015). "Egypt's new justice minister called for hardline Sharia". The Telegraph.
  3. "Egypt's new Cabinet: What changed and what didn't?". Mada Masr. 19 September 2015.
  4. "Egypt dismisses minister after 'prophet' comments". Al Jazeera. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. "Who's who: Meet Egypt's 10 new ministers in Sherif Ismail's cabinet". Ahram Online. 23 March 2016.



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