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Adel Younis

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Adel Younis
Minister of Justice
In office
16 April 1975 – 25 April 1976
PresidentAnwar Sadat
Prime MinisterMamdouh Salem
Succeeded byAhmed Talat
Personal details
Died25 April 1976
OccupationJurist

Adel Younis (died 25 April 1976) was an Egyptian jurist. He headed the parquet in Alexandria[1] and served as the deputy head justice of the Court of Cessation in Cairo.[2] Then he was named as the head of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Cairo.[1] In 1969 Younis was removed from the office by President Gamal Abdel Nasser together with other 200 judges due to their alleged apposition to the regime.[3]

Younis was named as the minister of justice on 16 April 1975 to cabinet led by Prime Minister Mamdouh Salem.[4] Younis died on 25 April 1976 while serving in the post.[5] Ahmed Talat succeeded him as minister of justice on 2 May.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mark S. W. Hoyle (September 1983). The mixed courts of Egypt 1875-1949: a study of their development and operation, and their influence on post-war Egyptian law (PhD thesis). SOAS, University of London. p. 336.
  2. ^ Hearings. Vol. 7. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1966. p. 540.
  3. ^ Mona El Nahhas (5 April 2016). "Judges await their fate". Masress. Al Ahram Weekly. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Chronology February 16, 1975-May 15, 1975". The Middle East Journal. 29 (3): 334. 1975. JSTOR 4325381.
  5. ^ a b "Chronology April 16, 1976-August 15, 1976". The Middle East Journal. 30 (4): 525. Autumn 1976. JSTOR 4325541.