Maher El-Beheiry Explained

Maher El-Beheiry
Office1:	President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
Term Start1:	1 July 2012
Term End1:	1 July 2013
Predecessor2:	Farouk Sultan
Successor2:	Adly Mansour^[1]
Appointed2:	Mohamed Morsi
Birth Date:	17 March 1943

Maher El-Beheiry (Arabic: ماهر البحيري; born 17 March 1943)^[2] was President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt. He succeeded Farouk Sultan as president of the court on 1 July 2012.^[3] He served for a year, until 1 July 2013, when he was succeeded by Adly Mansour.^{[1] [4]} For a time during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, some organizations reported El-Beheiry as having been selected for the position of acting President of Egypt.^[5] However, these reports were incorrect: Mansour, the current court president, was selected as acting president.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Current Members of the Court . . 3 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130510210107/http://www.hccourt.gov.eg/CourtMembers/CurrentCourt.asp . 10 May 2013 .
2. Web site: تعرف على أبرز 10 رؤساء تولوا رئاسة المحكمة الدستورية العليا منذ نشأتها. Youm7. 4 October 2021. 11 March 2019.
3. Web site: El-Beheiry to replace Farouk Sultan at helm of Egypt constitutional court. Ahram Online. Al-Ahram. 3 July 2013. 30 May 2012.
4. Web site: Morsi appoints new head of constitutional court . Expat Cairo . 3 July 2013 . 20 May 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130703202156/http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/morsi-appoints-new-head-of-constitutional-court/ . 3 July 2013 .
5. Web site: Here's the New Acting President of Egypt . .