Mamdouh Marei Explained

Office:Minister of Justice
President:Hosni Mobarak
Predecessor:Mahmoud Abul Leil
Successor:Mohamed Abdel Aziz Al Jundi
Term Start:August 2006
Term End:March 2011
Birth Date:1938
Death Date:7 October
Nationality:Egyptian

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.

Biography

Marei 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]

Notes and References

  1. Egypt's former justice minister Mamdouh Marei dies at 80. Ahram Online . 11 July 2022. 7 October 2018.
  2. Shams Al Din Al Hajjaji. Form of Reform Judicial Reform in Egypt: Lesson from the Developed Countries. University of California, Berkeley. 34. PhD. Spring 2016.
  3. News: 31 وزيرًا للعدل منذ ثورة يوليو 52. Al Dostor. 11 July 2022. 13 May 2019. ar.
  4. Robert Springborg. The Precarious Economics of Arab Springs. 53. 6. 96. 10.1080/00396338.2011.636271. Survival. 2011. 154103642.
  5. Ahmed El Sayed. Female Judges in Egypt. Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. 2006. 13. 136.
  6. Bassem Abo Al Abbas. Michael Gunn. Ahram Online. Egyptian cabinet: The old, the new and the unknown. 11 July 2022. 24 February 2011.
  7. News: Tamim Elyan. Judges, specialists call for resignation of minister of justice. 2 March 2011. 11 July 2022. Daily News Egypt. Cairo. https://web.archive.org/web/20230127015727/https://dailynewsegypt.com/2011/03/02/judges-specialists-call-for-resignation-of-minister-of-justice/. 27 January 2023.