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Hanafy El Gebaly
Hanafy Ali El-Gebali is an Egyptian politician. He is the president of the Egyptian parliament of the House of Representatives since October 2020. He was elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives on 12 January 2021. El-Gebali previously served as chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court. Early life He was born 14 July 1949 in Cairo, Egypt, He graduated from Cairo University in 1975 and got a post diploma from Ain Shams University in 1977 in criminal law. He earned a PhD in Constitutional law. Career He started working in the judicial department and rose to become deputy Attorney General in 1978. He was moved down to Constitutional Court at State Council in 2001 as member and became deputy judge in 2005. He served as a secretary-general of the Union of Arab Constitutional Courts from 2011– 2018. He retired from the judicial board in 2019 and joined the Parliament after serving as the chief of Supreme Constitutional Court in 2019. When serving as the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Constitutional Court (Egypt)
The Supreme Constitutional Court ( ar, المحكمة الدستورية العليا, ''Al Mahkama Al Dustūrīya El ‘Ulyā'') is an independent judicial body in Egypt, located in the Cairo suburb of Maadi. The Supreme Constitutional Court is the highest judicial power. It alone undertakes the judicial control in respect of the constitutionality of the laws and regulations and undertakes the interpretation of the legislative texts in the manner prescribed by law. In addition, the court is empowered to settle competence disputes between the judicial and the administrative courts. History The establishment of the Supreme Constitutional Court goes back to the argument which was raised over the right of courts or any judicial bodies to pronounce on the constitutionality of the laws issued by the Legislative power. Such a judicial argument has been advocated in arguing that, considering the issue of the constitutionality of laws is included in the competence of the courts, it do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |