Zakaria Younes Abdel-Halim Makioun ( ar, زكريا يونس عبد الحليم مخيون) is an Egyptian MP who is currently the Chairman of the

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Al-Nour Party ) , foundation = , newspaper = The New Light , headquarters = 601 Horrya Way, Zezenia, Alexandria , ideology = SalafismIslamismWahhabismMadkhalism , position = Far-right , colours = Blue, red, whi ...

. He is also a member of the

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Life

Younis Makyoun was elected to the

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in the 2011-2012 election, representing

Damanhour Damanhur ( ar, دمنهور ', ; Egyptian: ''Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w''; cop, ⲡϯⲙⲓⲛ̀ϩⲱⲣ '; ; grc, Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρά ') is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cai ...

Beheira Beheira Governorate ( ar, محافظة البحيرة ', , "the governorate of the Lake") is a coastal governorate in Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, its capital is Damanhur. Overview Beheira Governorate en ...

. In February 2012 he proposed a blanket ban on

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, holding it responsible for the increase in divorce and rape statistics.

Early life and education

Makhioun graduated from

Alexandria University Alexandria University ( ar, جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an indepen ...

’s School of Dentistry and Oral Medicine in 1980, and also received a bachelor's in Islamic Sharia from

Al-Azhar University , image = جامعة_الأزهر_بالقاهرة.jpg , image_size = 250 , caption = Al-Azhar University portal , motto = , established = *970/972 first foundat ...

in 1999.

Political career

After the Egyptian revolution in January 2011 and the fall down of

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's regime, a lot of Islamic groups and currents decide to establish political parties to join the political life in Egypt. The Salafi Call (Al-Da‘wa Al-Salafiyya) formed its own party which is the

and Makhioum was one of the founding members of the new party in May 2011. Dr. Makhioun was a parliament member as representing the

after the

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also a member of the constituent assembly which made the draft of the Egyptian current constitution: In March 2012, he became one of the 50 parliamentarians elected to the

, and kept his place in the Constituent Assembly when it was revamped in June 2012. In August 2012 he objected to the Egyptian government accepting an IMF loan, on the grounds that "Borrowing from abroad is

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". He has also clashed with liberals over press freedoms, demanding severe sentencing for

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and

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: Makhioun was elected in January 2013 as President of the party after the resignation of Emad Abdel-Ghaffour. He, as chairman of al-Nour, was a visible representative of the party during the July 2013 coup against

Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012"massacre" on 8 July, in which dozens of Morsi supporters were killed.Nour Party withdraws from politics after "Republican Guards House massacre"
''Egypt Independent'', 8 July 2013.

Personal life

Dr. Makhioum is married and he has 6 daughters and one son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Makhioun, Younes 1955 births Living people People from Beheira Governorate Egyptian Salafis Al-Nour Party politicians Members of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly of 2012 Members of the House of Representatives (Egypt) 2013 Egyptian coup d'état Egyptian dentists Alexandria University alumni Al-Azhar University alumni