The Ministry of Justice is the
justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
of the
government of Egypt
The politics of Egypt are based on republicanism, with a semi-presidential system of government. The current political system was established following the 2013 Egyptian military coup d'état, and the takeover of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. ...
. Its headquarters are in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
.
Profile
On 17 June 2014 Mahfouz Saber was appointed minister of justice.
On 20 May 2015
Ahmed El-Zend was appointed as minister of justice
and
was reappointed on 19 September 2015, but on 14 March 2016, he was removed from his post by Egyptian Prime Minister,
Sherif Ismail
Sherif Ismail ( ar, شريف إسماعيل ; born 6 July 1955) is an Egyptian engineer who served as prime minister between 2015 and 2018. He was minister of petroleum and mineral resources from 2013 to 2015.
Career
Ismail studied mechan ...
, for making controversial comments.
On 23 March Mohamed Hossam Abdel Rahim was named minister of justice.
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 Fahmi Abu Zeid (1974–1975)
*
Adel Younis (1975-1976)
*
Ahmed 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 Seif Al Nasr
Farouk Seif Al Nasr (14 December 1922 – 31 December 2009) was an Egyptian politician who served as justice minister in different cabinets during Husni Mobarak's term.
Early life and education
Nasr was born on 14 December 1922. He received a ba ...
(1987-2004)
* Mahmoud Abul Leil (2004-2006)
*
Mamdouh Marei
Mamdouh Marei (1938–2018) was an Egyptian jurist who served as the minister of justice in the period 2006–2011 just before the Arab Spring. He also served in various senior judicial positions.
Biography
Marei was born in 1938. He worked as t ...
(2006-2011)
* Mohamed Abdel Aziz Al Jundi (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 (2016–2018 or 19)
* Omar Marawan (2018 or 2019 to present)
See also
*
Cabinet of Egypt
The Cabinet of Egypt ( ar, مجلس وزراء مصر) is the chief executive body of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It consists of the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers.
The government has a leading role in shaping the agenda of the houses ...
*
Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
*
Politics of Egypt
The politics of Egypt are based on republicanism, with a semi-presidential system of government. The current political system was established following the 2013 Egyptian military coup d'état, and the takeover of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. ...
References
External links
Ministry of Justice official websiteEgypt's Cabinet Database
Year of establishment missing
Justice
Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
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