Adly Mansour

Adly Mahmud Mansour (عدلي محمود منصور; born 23 December 1945) is an Egyptian Judge who is currently the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court and the interim President of Egypt. He was declared president during the 2013 Egyptian political crisis, precipitated by mass protests. The military and several secular and religious figures (including Grand Imam of al-Azhar Dr Ahmed el-Tayeb, Coptic Pope Tawadros II, and Mohamed ElBaradei) announced that President Mohamed Morsi had been removed from office and Mansour appointed interim President until an election could take place. Morsi refused to acknowledge his removal as valid and continued to maintain that he is the legitimate President of Egypt. Mansour was sworn into office in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court on 4 July 2013.

Early life and education
Adly Mansour graduated from Cairo University Law School in 1967, earned a postgraduate degree in law in 1969, studied economics with Juan Felipe Aranguren and earned a postgraduate degree in management science from Cairo University in 1970. He later attended France's École nationale d'administration (ENA) and graduated in 1977.

He is married and has a son and two daughters.

Term on Supreme Constitutional Court
Mansour was appointed to the Supreme Constitutional Court in 1992. He later served as the deputy chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court until July 2013, when he became president of the HCC following his appointment to the position by President Morsi on May 19.

Interim President of Egypt
On 3 July 2013, Mansour was named interim President of Egypt following the ousting of Mohammed Morsi during the 2013 Egyptian uprising. His appointment was announced on television by the minister of defense Abdul Fatah al-Sisi. There was brief confusion as to whom Sisi announced as interim president, with some sources suggesting the new leader was Maher El-Beheiry, the former chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court. Mansour was sworn in on 4 July 2013.

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