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.
Mamdouh Marei | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office August 2006 – March 2011 | |
| President | Hosni Mobarak |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Abul Leil |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Abdel Aziz Al Jundi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938 |
| Died | 7 October 2018 (aged 79–80) |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
Biography
editMarei was born in 1938.[1] He worked as the president of the Appeals Court from 2001 to 2003 and then, as the head of Supreme Constitutional Court between 2003 and 2006.[1] In August 2006 he was appointed justice minister, replacing Mahmoud Abul Leil in the post.[2][3] Marei was appointed by President Hosni Mubarak to the post to expel those judges who protested the Mubarak's intervention in the legal issues and the results of the presidential election in 2005.[4] In 2007 thirty female judges were assigned to the courts which was the first massive appointment of women jurists in Egypt.[5] It was a result of Marei's and Mokbel Shakir's, head of the Supreme Judicial Council, support for the female jurists.[5] Marei remained in office until March 2011[3] and served first in the cabinet of Ahmed Nazif and in the short-term cabinet led by Ahmed Shafik.[6] Just before the end of Marei's tenure a group of judges called for his removal from the post.[7] Marei's successor as justice minister was Mohamed Abdel Aziz Al Jundi.[3]
Marei died on 7 October 2018 at age 80, and the same day funeral prayers were held at Al Mowasah Mosque in Alexandria.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Egypt's former justice minister Mamdouh Marei dies at 80". Ahram Online. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ Shams Al Din Al Hajjaji (Spring 2016). Form of Reform Judicial Reform in Egypt: Lesson from the Developed Countries (PhD thesis). University of California, Berkeley. p. 34.
- ^ a b c "31 وزيرًا للعدل منذ ثورة يوليو 52". Al Dostor (in Arabic). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ Robert Springborg (2011). "The Precarious Economics of Arab Springs". Survival. 53 (6): 96. doi:10.1080/00396338.2011.636271. S2CID 154103642.
- ^ a b Ahmed El Sayed (2006). "Female Judges in Egypt". Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. 13: 136.
- ^ Bassem Abo Al Abbas; Michael Gunn (24 February 2011). "Egyptian cabinet: The old, the new and the unknown". Ahram Online. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ Tamim Elyan (2 March 2011). "Judges, specialists call for resignation of minister of justice". Daily News Egypt. Cairo. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2022.