Adel Younis (died 25 April 1976) was an Egyptian jurist. He headed the

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and served as the deputy head justice of the Court of Cessation in Cairo. Then he was named as the head of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Cairo. In 1969 Younis was removed from the office by

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together with other 200 judges due to their alleged apposition to the regime. Younis was named as the

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on 16 April 1975 to cabinet led by

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. Younis died on 25 April 1976 while serving in the post. Ahmed Talat succeeded him as minister of justice on 2 May.

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