Abdel Meguid Mahmoud (Arabic: عبد المجيد محمود; born 1946) was the Egyptian Attorney General from 2006 to 5 July 2013.[1][2] He was removed from office by Mohamed Morsi the President of Egypt on 22 November 2012 after a constitutional declaration made by the president. On 2 July 2013, the Egyptian Court of Cassation deemed his removal illegal and reinstated him again as the general prosecutor of Egypt. On 3 July 2013, President Morsi was deposed in a coup d'état by the military and Mahmoud subsequently resigned on 5 July 2013 shortly after being reinstated to “avoid the embarrassment of making judicial decisions against those who removed me from office.”[3]

Abdel Meguid Mahmoud
Attorney General of Egypt
In office
2006–2013
"SCAF loves corrupt attorney general Meguid Mahmoud", by Carlos Latuff

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  1. ^ "Egypt's prosecutor-general will remain on job - Politics - Egypt". Ahram Online.
  2. ^ "عاجل.. سكاي نيوز: النائب العام عبد المجيد محمود باق في منصبه بعد اتفاق بين رموز القضاء ومرسي". بوابة الأهرام.
  3. ^ "Court orders return of Meguid Mahmoud as prosecutor general". Egypt Independent. 2 July 2013.