Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq

Egyptian judge and senate president (born 1978)

Abdel Wahab Abdel Razeq

عبد الوهاب عبد الرازق

Abdel Razeq in 2021

President of the Senate

Incumbent

Assumed office
18 October 2020
Deputy| Baaeddin Abu Shoqa, Phoebe Fawzi
Preceded by| Established
Chancellor of Supreme Constitutional Court

Counselor

In office
29 May 2016 – June 2018
Preceded by| Adly Mansour
Succeeded by| Hanafy El Gebaly
Chairman of the Future of a Homeland

Incumbent

Assumed office
2020
Deputy| Hossam El-Khouly
Preceded by| Ashraf Rashad
Personal details
Born| 1948 (age 76-77)
Minya, Egypt
Political party| Nation's Future Party
Alma mater| Cairo University

Abdel Wahab Abdel Razeq (born 1948) is an Egyptian senator, elected as the Senate President on 18 October 2020.[1] He was Chancellor of the Supreme Constitutional Court until 2018.[2]

Abdel Razek, a judge of the Supreme Court, was born 1948 in Minya, he earned his bachelor's degree in law from Cairo University in 1969. He was and appointed assistant prosecutor in the Accountability State Authority in 1971; he became the permanent secretary to Attorney General in the Ministry of Justice and also deputy secretary in the State Council in 1987. He became a prosecutor in the State Council in 1989. He was also the legal consultant to the Kuwaiti Cabinet from 1992 to 1998 and became the adviser to commissioners authority of the Supreme Constitutional Court until 1994, at which point which became the head of the authority. He was appointed deputy Chancellor of Supreme Constitutional Court in 2011.[3]

## Chancellor of the Court

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He became Chancellor of the Court in May 2016 after serving as the deputy since 2011; he left in June 2018 after a two-year term.[4][5]

He joined the Supreme Constitutional Court in 2011 as deputy, he was appointed as alternative to his predecessor due to an age limit retirement in May 2016, he was appointed under 2014 Constitution Article 193.[6] As a courts panel commissioners member, he was among the judges who were in favour of dissolving the 2012 parliament, which at the time was mostly occupied by the Freedom and Justice Party and Salafists from the Nour Party. Still in the court, he also issued rulings in favour of invalidating the political disenfranchisement law of the old Shura Council that was controlled by the Freedom and Justice Party.[7]

## Party

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He is also the chairman of the Nation's Future Party chosen by the party members of the Parliament. He served as a member of 2014 Presidential Election Committee and was a member in the foundation of the Future of a Homeland Party along with the President Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi in 2014.[7]

## Votes

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He received 287 votes of 300 cast in a vote to determine the Senate speaker.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Mustafa, NaDa (18 October 2020). "Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek Named Senate Speaker". Sada El-Balad. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
2. ^ Essam El-Din, Gamal. "Speakers of Egypt's Senate and House of Representatives meet to discuss parliamentary coordination". Ahram Online. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
3. ^ "Egypt's newly elected Senate holds opening session, new members sworn in". Daily News Egypt. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
4. ^ "Profile: Who is Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek, speaker of re-instated Senate?". EgyptToday. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
5. ^ Essam El-Din, Gamal (21 October 2020). "Speakers of Egypt's Senate and House of Representatives meet to discuss parliamentary coordination". Ahram Online. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
6. ^ "Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt names Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek as new President | CCJA". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
7. ^ a b Essam El-Din, Gamal (11 March 2020). "Egyptian parliament's majority party makes radical shake-up – Politics – Egypt". Ahram Online. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

## External links

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* "PUIC Secretary General Congratulates Egypt's Senate Speaker". | PUIC (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 August 2021.

Political offices

Preceded by

established

|  President of the Senate
18 October 2020 – present | Current holder
Political offices

Preceded by

Ashraf Rasha

|  Chairman of the Nation's Future Party
2020 – present | Current holder
Political offices

Preceded by

Adly Mansour

|  Chancellor of Supreme Constitutional Court
May 2016 – June 2018  | Succeeded by

Hanafy El Gebaly