| Younes Makhioun | |
| Office: | Chairman of Al-Nour Party[1] |
| Term Start: | 2013 |
| Predecessor: | Emad Abdel Ghaffour |
| Birth Date: | 25 December 1955 |
| Nationality: | Egyptian |
| Party: | Nour Party |
| Alma Mater: | Alexandria University |
| Profession: | Dentist |
Zakaria Younes Abdel-Halim Makioun[2] (Arabic: زكريا يونس عبد الحليم مخيون) is an Egyptian MP who is currently the Chairman of the Salafist Al-Nour Party. He is also a member of the Constituent Assembly of Egypt.
Younis Makyoun was elected to the People's Assembly of Egypt in the 2011-2012 election, representing Damanhour, Beheira.[3] In February 2012 he proposed a blanket ban on internet pornography, holding it responsible for the increase in divorce and rape statistics.[4]
Makhioun graduated from Alexandria University’s School of Dentistry and Oral Medicine in 1980, and also received a bachelor's in Islamic Sharia from Al-Azhar University in 1999.
After the Egyptian revolution in January 2011 and the fall down of Mubarak's regime, a lot of Islamic groups and currents decide to establish political parties to join the political life in Egypt.
The Salafi Call (Al-Da‘wa Al-Salafiyya) formed its own party which is the Al-Nour Party and Makhioum was one of the founding members of the new party in May 2011.
Dr. Makhioun was a parliament member as representing the Al-Nour Party after the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election also a member of the constituent assembly which made the draft of the Egyptian current constitution: In March 2012, he became one of the 50 parliamentarians elected to the Constituent Assembly of Egypt,[5] and kept his place in the Constituent Assembly when it was revamped in June 2012.[6] In August 2012 he objected to the Egyptian government accepting an IMF loan, on the grounds that "Borrowing from abroad is usury".[7] He has also clashed with liberals over press freedoms, demanding severe sentencing for libel and slander:
Makhioun was elected in January 2013 as President of the party after the resignation of Emad Abdel-Ghaffour. He, as chairman of al-Nour, was a visible representative of the party during the July 2013 coup against Mohamed Morsi. Initially supportive of the army's removal of Morsi on 3 July,[8] Makhyoun announced al-Nour's withdrawal from the anti-Morsi coalition after the "massacre" on 8 July, in which dozens of Morsi supporters were killed.[9]
Makhioun is known for his opposition to football, calling on Egyptians to stop watching the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[10] [11] In the same statement he called Lionel Messi an "enemy of Islam".[12]
Dr. Makhioum is married and he has 6 daughters and one son.