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{{short description|Egyptian judge and statesman; former interim President of Egypt}}

{{Expand Arabic|عدلي منصور|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Adly Mansour
| image = File:Adly Mansour.JPG
| caption = Mansour in 2005
| office = Interim [[President of Egypt]]
| vicepresident = [[Mohamed ElBaradei]] (Interim)
| primeminister = [[Hazem Al Beblawi]]<br/>[[Ibrahim Mahlab]]
| term_start = 4 July 2013
| term_end = 8 June 2014
| predecessor = [[Mohamed Morsi]]
| successor = [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]]
| office1 = President of the [[Supreme Constitutional Court (Egypt)|Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt]]
| appointer1 = [[Mohamed Morsi]]
| term_start1 = 1 July 2013
| term_end1 = 30 June 2016
| predecessor1 = [[Maher El-Beheiry]]
| successor1 = Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|12|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cairo]], [[Kingdom of Egypt]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[Cairo University]]<br/>{{nowrap|[[École nationale d'administration]]}}
| signature = Adly Mansour Signature.png
}}
'''Adly Mahmoud Mansour''' ({{lang-ar|عدلى محمود منصور}}  {{IPA-arz|ˈʕædli mæħˈmuːd mɑnˈsˤuːɾ|pron}}; born 23 December 1945)<ref name="shabab">{{cite web|url=http://shabab.ahram.org.eg/News/12821.aspx|title=بالتفاصيل.. هذا هو رئيس مصر المحتمل – بوابة الشباب|work=Ahram|access-date=3 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706200323/http://shabab.ahram.org.eg/News/12821.aspx|archive-date=6 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bbc23176293">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23176293|title=Profile: Interim Egyptian Presidential nominee Adly Mahmud Mansour|work=BBC News|date=4 July 2013}}</ref> is an Egyptian judge and politician who served as the president (or chief justice) of the [[Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hccourt.gov.eg/CourtMembers/CurrentCourt.asp |title=Current Members of the Court |access-date=3 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510210107/http://www.hccourt.gov.eg/CourtMembers/CurrentCourt.asp |archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> He also served as interim [[president of Egypt]] from 4 July 2013 to 8 June 2014 following the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état]] by the military which deposed President [[Mohamed Morsi]]. Several secular and religious figures, such as the [[Grand Imam of al-Azhar]] ([[Ahmed el-Tayeb]]), the [[Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Pope]] ([[Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria|Tawadros II]]), and [[Mohamed ElBaradei]] supported the coup against President Morsi and the military appointed Mansour interim-president until an election could take place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title=Coup topples Egypt's Morsy; deposed president under 'house arrest'|work=CNN |date=4 July 2013|access-date=10 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/07/03/Egyptian-military-announce-Morsi-ouster-suspend-Constitution/UPI-43551372830618/?spt=hts&or=1 |title=Egyptian military announce Morsi ouster, suspend constitution|work=United Press International|date=3 July 2013|access-date=3 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/maher-el-beheiry-egypts-new-leader-2013-7|title=Adly Mansour Is The New Acting President of Egypt|work=Business Insider|date=3 July 2013|access-date=3 July 2013}}</ref> Morsi refused to acknowledge his removal as valid and continued to maintain that only he could be considered the legitimate President of Egypt.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Coup topples Egypt's Morsy; deposed president under 'house arrest']</ref> Mansour was sworn into office in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court on 4 July 2013.<ref name="huffpo">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/04/adly-mansour-sworn-in_n_3545682.html|title=Adly Mansour Sworn in As Egypt's Interim President|agency=Associated Press|date=4 July 2013|access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Mansour was born in Cairo. He graduated from [[Cairo University]] Law School in 1967, earned a postgraduate degree in law in 1969, studied economics and earned a postgraduate degree in management science from Cairo University in 1970.<ref name="shabab"/> He later attended [[France]]'s [[École nationale d'administration]] (ENA) and graduated in 1977.

Mansour spent six years in [[Saudi Arabia]] in the 1980s, working as an adviser to the Saudi Ministry of Commerce.<ref name=Saudi>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/egypts-president-makes-first-trip-saudi-arabia-134943320.html|title=Egypt's president makes first trip to Saudi Arabia|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=2013-10-08|access-date=2013-10-08}}</ref>

==Term on Supreme Constitutional Court==
Mansour was appointed to the Supreme Constitutional Court in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hall, Richard |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/profile-of-adly-mansour-who-is-egypts-interim-president-8686258.html |title=Profile of Adly Mansour: Who is Egypt's interim President?|work=The Independent |date=3 July 2013 |access-date=3 July 2013}}</ref> He later served as Vice President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt until 1 July 2013, when he became President of the SCC following his appointment to the position by President Morsi on 19 May.<ref name="bbc23176293"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/morsi-appoints-new-head-of-constitutional-court/ |title=Morsi appoints new head of constitutional court |work=Expat Cairo|date=20 May 2013 |access-date=3 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703202156/http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/morsi-appoints-new-head-of-constitutional-court/ |archive-date=3 July 2013}}</ref>
[[File:JudgeSamiFaragWithPresidentAdlyMansour.jpg|thumb|Adly Mansour with his mentor and Vice-President of the Supreme Constitutional Court at the time Judge [[Sami Farag]]]]

Mansour did not have the opportunity to swear the oath as president of the SCC until 4 July 2013, right before he swore the presidential oath.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57592291/egypt-swears-in-supreme-court-chief-justice-adly-mansour-as-interim-president-after-mohammed-morsi-removed-by-military/ Egypt swears in supreme court chief justice Adly Mansour as interim president after Mohammed Morsi removed by military - CBS News]</ref><ref>[http://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/egypt/2013/07/04/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%A4%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8B.html تنصيب المستشار عدلي منصور رئيساً انتقالياً لمصر - العربية.نت | الصفحة الرئيسية]</ref>

On 30 June 2016, Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek replaced him in the post.<ref>[http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/217851/Egypt/Politics-/Mansour-replaced-as-head-of-Egypts-constitutional-.aspx Mansour replaced as head of Egypt's constitutional court after reaching retirement age]</ref>

==Interim President of Egypt==
On 3 July 2013, Mansour was named interim President of Egypt following the ousting of Mohamed Morsi in the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état]] subsequent to the [[2012–13 Egyptian protests]]. His appointment was announced on television by the minister of defense [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Adly Mansour, Chief Justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, Named Interim President|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/adly-mansour-egypt-interim-president_n_3542657.html|access-date=3 July 2013|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=3 July 2013}}</ref> Earlier, there was brief confusion as to who exactly was appointed interim president, with some sources suggesting it was the former President of the Supreme Constitutional Court, [[Maher El-Beheiry]]. Mansour was sworn in on 4 July 2013.<ref name="huffpo"/>

He briefly restored the position of the [[Vice President of Egypt|Vice President]], which was abolished with the adoption of the [[Egyptian Constitution of 2012|current constitution]] on 26 December 2012, and nominated opposition leader [[Mohammed ElBaradei]] to the post in an acting capacity on 7 July 2013. On 8 July, Mansour issued a decree that proposed the introduction of amendments to the suspended constitution and a referendum to endorse them, followed by national elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23236534|title=Egypt unrest: Interim leader outlines election timetable|work=BBC|date=8 July 2013}}</ref> On 9 July, Mansour appointed the economist [[Hazem el-Biblawi]] as acting prime minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-spokesman-economist-hazem-el-biblawi-named-prime-minister-elbaradei-vice-president/2013/07/09/e2f532e2-e8a4-11e2-818e-aa29e855f3ab_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014151610/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-spokesman-economist-hazem-el-biblawi-named-prime-minister-elbaradei-vice-president/2013/07/09/e2f532e2-e8a4-11e2-818e-aa29e855f3ab_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 October 2019|title=Egypt spokesman: Economist Hazem el-Biblawi named prime minister; ElBaradei vice president|work=The Washington Post|agency=Associated Press|date=9 July 2013}}</ref>

Mansour made his first trip abroad as Interim President on 8 October 2013, to [[Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations| Saudi Arabia]], a key backer of the ousting of Morsi.<ref name=Saudi/>

On 19 September 2013, Mansour announced that he would not run for [[President of Egypt|the presidency]], saying that he would return to his position as the head of the constitutional court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/mansour-i-will-not-run-presidency|title=Mansour: I will not run for presidency|work=Egypt Independent|date=19 September 2013|access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is married and has a son and two daughters.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/04/world/meast/egypt-mansour-profile CNN Profile Adly]</ref>

==References==
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==External links ==
* [http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticles.aspx?ArtID=68809 Egypt State Information Service CV]
* [http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticles.aspx?CatID=250# Egypt State Information Service 　The Supreme Constitutional Court]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130924054843/http://www.hccourt.gov.eg/index.asp The Supreme Constitutional Court Official website]

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