Office: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start: | 16 April 1975 |
Term End: | 25 April 1976 |
President: | Anwar Sadat |
Primeminister: | Mamdouh Salem |
Successor: | Ahmed Talat |
Death Date: | 25 April 1976 |
Occupation: | Jurist |
Adel Younis (died 25 April 1976) was an Egyptian jurist. He headed the parquet in Alexandria and served as the deputy head justice of the Court of Cessation in Cairo.[1] Then he was named as the head of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Cairo.[2] 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]