Mahfouz Saber is an Egyptian politician and judge. He served as Minister of Justice in the
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Third Mahlab Cabinet. He was in office from 17 June 2014 until he resigned on 11 May 2015.
Biography
Saber was Secretary-General of the High Election Committee for the
Parliamentary elections of 2011–12. He also served as assistant minister of justice for judicial inspection.
Before his appointment as Minister of Justice in the
Second Mahlab Cabinet on 17 June 2014 Saber was head of the disciplinary department at Cairo Appeal Court.
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He resigned on 11 May 2015 after stating that judges needed to come from "a respectable milieu" and that the son of a trash collector "would get depressed and would not continue" as a judge.]Ibrahim Mahlab
Ibrahim Roshdy Mahlab (, ; born 8 May 1949) is an Egyptian engineer and politician who was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1 March 2014 until 19 September 2015. Previously he served as Minister of Housing.
Career
Mahlab joined the Arab Cont ...
stated that Saber had resigned out of respect for the public opinion.[
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References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Egyptian judges
Justice ministers of Egypt