Adel Abdel-Hamid (born December 2, 1939 ) was the

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in the

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. He was appointed and took oath of office before acting President

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on 21 July 2013.Profile: Egypt's new justice minister Adel Abdel-Hamid
''China'', 22 July 2013

Biography

Adel Abdel-Hamid was born in 1939. He graduated from

Cairo University Cairo University () is Egypt's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908;"Brief history and development of Cairo University." Cairo University Faculty of En ...

's law faculty in 1960. He worked in prosecution until appointed a judge at

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Court of First Instance in July 1973. In March 1984 he was appointed a counselor at the

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. In June 1989 he was appointed deputy chief of the Court of Cassation. In July 2009 he was appointed head of the Court of Cassation and chairman of the

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. In December 2011 Abdel-Hamid was appointed Minister of Justice in the interim cabinet of

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.Zeinab El Gundy
Finally, El-Ganzouri cabinet sworn in
''Ahram Online'', 7 December 2011. On 2 August 2012 he was replaced as Justice Minister by Ahmed Mekki in the

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