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| Sisi names first Christian as president of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court |
| 2022-02-10 |
| [AlAhram] gypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday issued a decree appointing the first ever Coptic Christian as president of the country's Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC). Judge Bolis Fahmy Eskandar Bolis, 65,will take over from Said Maree Mohammed Gad starting Wednesday, according to the official gazette. Bolis is set to take the oath before the president shortly. Gad, 67, was sent to retirment under a presidential decree reportdely over health issues Bolis served as the vice president of the SCC in 2010 and then as president of the Cairo Court of Cassation until he was reappointed as the vice president of the SCC in 2014. The SCC is the country’s autonomous and independent judicial authority in charge of ensuring that the domestic laws and regulations are in line with the constitution. |
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