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unusual facts about Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt



Egyptian constitutional review committee of 2011

The eight-member committee tasked with amending the constitution is composed of legal experts of various ideologies, including secular liberal scholars, three judges from the current Supreme Constitutional Court, and a Christian.

History of the Republic of Egypt

On 3 July, General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, head of the Egyptian Armed Forces, announced that he had removed president Mohamed Morsi from power, suspended the constitution and would be calling new presidential and Shura Council elections and appointed Supreme Constitutional Court's leader, Adly Mansour as acting president.

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Members of the movement stated that they would support appointing Maher el-Beheiry, the former head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, to temporarily replace Morsi if he were to step down.


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