Habib el-Adly

Habib el-Adly
حبيب العادلي
Minister of Interior of Egypt
In office
1997 – 31 January 2011
President Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by Hassan al-Alfi
Succeeded by Mahmoud Wagdy
Personal details
Born March 1, 1938 (1938-03-01) (age 73)
Egypt
Political party National Democratic Party (Egypt)

Habib Ibrahim el-Adly (Arabic: حبيب إبراهيم العادلي‎) (born March 1, 1938) is a former Egyptian politician. He served as an Interior Minister of Egypt from 1997 to 2011.

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Biography

El-Adly graduated from the police academy in 1961. In 1965 he joined the State Security Investigations Service. After working at various investigation departments, he was employed at the Foreign Ministry from 1982 to 1984. He then investigated state security matters, and became assistant interior minister in 1993.[1] He replaced General Hassan al-Alfi as interior minister after the November 1997 Luxor massacre.[2] He was replaced by Mahmoud Wagdy on January 31, 2011, as part of a cabinet reshuffle aimed at appeasing the mass protests during 2011 Egyptian revolution.[3]

During the uprising, the Egyptian Attorney General announced el-Adly had been given a travel ban.[4] Following Hosni Mubarak's resignation, el-Adly and two other former ministers were arrested on corruption charges.[5] He is reported to be facing charges of fraud, money laundering and for ordering that security forces fire on demonstrators during the early days of the protests.[6] If convicted, el-Adly could face the death penalty. Additionally, el-Adly's assets were ordered frozen by a court order.[7] El-Adly is estimated to have amassed a fortune of 1.2 billion US dollars.[8] He pleaded not guilty to corruption charges on 5 March 2011, answering questions by the judge on whether he had illegally profited from his government position or laundered money by saying "that did not happen."[9] On 5 May, 2011, el-Adly was found guilty of fraud and money laundering and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He still faces a trial and a possible death penalty for ordering police to use live ammunition on protesters.[10]

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References

  1. ^ http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Politics/Executive/Ministries/040804000000000016.htm Egypt State Information Service
  2. ^ "Shake-Up in Cairo Follows Tourists' Killings". New York Times. November 20, 1997. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A10FE3F5F0C738EDDA80994DF494D81. 
  3. ^ "Mubarak swears in new cabinet". Al-Jazeera. January 31, 2011. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/2011131132324475241.html. 
  4. ^ Egypt bans ex-ministers from travel Al-Jazeera. 03 Feb 2011
  5. ^ Egypt after Mubarak: Three ex-ministers arrested BBC News. 17 February 2011
  6. ^ Shalaby, Ahmed. Dismissed interior minister to be investigated soon, say judicial sources al-Masry al-Youm. 17 February 2011
  7. ^ Finnan, David Cairo court orders former Interior Minister Adly's assets seized Radio France Internationale 17 February 2011
  8. ^ Hosni Mubarak's estimated $70 billion fortune makes him richer than Carlos Slim and Bill Gates
  9. ^ MacFarquhar, Neil. Stack, Liam. Ex-Security Chief Hauled to Court as Egyptians Storm His Compound New York Times, 5 March 2011.
  10. ^ Egypt ex-minister Habib al-Adly jailed for 12 years BBC News. 5 May 2011

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Political offices
Preceded by
Hassan al-Alfi		 Minister of Interior
1997 - 2011		 Succeeded by
Mahmoud Wagdy