Habib el-Adly
Habib Ibrahim El-Adly (Arabic: حبيب إبراهيم العادلي, pronounced [ħæˈbiːb ebɾɑˈhiːm elˈʕædli]; born 1 March 1938)[1] is a former Egyptian politician. He served as interior minister of Egypt from November 1997 to January 2011. He was the longest serving interior minister under President Hosni Mubarak.[2]
Habib El-Adly | |
|---|---|
حبيب العادلي | |
| Minister of Interior of Egypt | |
| In office 18 November 1997 – 31 January 2011 | |
| President | Hosni Mubarak |
| Preceded by | Hassan Al Alfi |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Wagdy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Habib Ibrahim El-Adly 1 March 1938 Sharqiya Governorate, Egypt |
| Political party | National Democratic Party |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Egypt |
| Service/ | Ministry of Interior (Egypt) |
| Years of service | 1959–1997 |
| Rank | |
| Unit | Egyptian police |
| Commands held | Imbaba Police Station Zamalek Police Circle Nasr City Police District 2nd CSF Brigade Qalyoubia Police Directorate Cairo Police Department of Personnel, Training and Education |
| Other work | Politician |
Following the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Adly was convicted of corruption and conspiring to kill protestors and was sentenced to life in prison. This conviction was later dropped.
Early life and education edit
El-Adly was born in 1938.[3] He graduated from the police academy in 1959.
Career edit
In 1965, Adly 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. He replaced General Hassan Al Alfi as interior minister following the November 1997 Luxor massacre.[4] Adly was one of the most significant figures who supported Mubarak during his reign.[5]
Adly served as interior minister in two different cabinets.[5] He was replaced by Mahmoud Wagdy on 31 January 2011 as part of a cabinet reshuffle aimed at appeasing the mass protests during 2011 Egyptian revolution.[6][7]
Post-revolution edit
During the uprising, the Egyptian attorney general announced Adly had been given a travel ban.[8] Following Mubarak's resignation, Adly and two other former ministers were arrested on corruption charges.[9] His assets were ordered frozen by a court order.[10] Adly is estimated to have amassed a fortune of 1.2 billion US dollars.[11] 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."[12] On 5 May 2011, Adly was found guilty of fraud and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison.[13] In June 2012, Adly, along with deposed President Hosni Mubarak, was found guilty of conspiring to kill protestors during the uprising and was sentenced to life in prison in May 2012.[14] In March 2013, the conviction for fraud and money laundering was overturned by the Court of Cassation and a retrial was requested.[15]
On retrial, Adly was acquitted on all charges relating to complicity in the killing of protesters as well as using political influence for private gain.[16] and was released from detention in March, 2015.[17][18]
In April 2017, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison, based on charges of embezzling about $122 million.[19] In May 2018, the Cairo Court of Appeal began the retrial of former interior minister Adly and a number of other ministers. Together they are charged with siphoning off public funds from the ministry in an amount exceeding LE 2 billion in the period between 2000 and 2011.[20]
In May 2019, Egyptian authorities unfrozen his assets, after he had been acquitted on all corruption-related charges.[19]
References edit
- ^ "حبيب العادلي". Al Jazeera. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Ahmad Zaki Osman (24 January 2011). "Egypt's police: From liberators to oppressors". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Who's Who". Connected in Cairo. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Shake-Up in Cairo Follows Tourists' Killings". The New York Times. 20 November 1997.
- ^ a b Rana Muhammad Taha; Hend Kortam; Nouran El Behairy (11 February 2013). "The Rise and fall of Mubarak". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "Mubarak swears in new cabinet". Al Jazeera. 31 January 2011.
- ^ Sharp, Jeremy M. (11 February 2011). "Egypt: The January 25 Revolution and Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy" (PDF). CRS Report for Congress. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ Egypt bans ex-ministers from travel Al Jazeera. 3 February 2011
- ^ Egypt after Mubarak: Three ex-ministers arrested BBC News. 17 February 2011
- ^ David Finnan: Cairo court orders former Interior Minister Adly's assets seized Radio France Internationale 17 February 2011
- ^ "Hosni Mubarak's estimated $70 billion fortune makes him richer than Carlos Slim and Bill Gates". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 February 2011.
- ^ MacFarquhar, Neil. Stack, Liam. Ex-Security Chief Hauled to Court as Egyptians Storm His Compound The New York Times, 5 March 2011.
- ^ Egypt ex-minister Habib al-Adly jailed for 12 years BBC News. 5 May 2011
- ^ Mubarak receives life term for protest deaths Al Jazeera 2 June 2012
- ^ "Graft trial of Mubarak-era interior minister El-Adly adjourned". Ahram Online. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ نت, العربية (19 March 2015). "براءة العادلي وزير داخلية مبارك وإخلاء سبيله الاثنين". العربية نت.
- ^ نت, العربية (25 March 2015). "مصر.. إخلاء سبيل حبيب العادلي وزير داخلية مبارك". العربية نت.
- ^ Mubarak-era interior minister Habib El-Adly released 25 March 2015. Ahram.
- ^ a b "Egypt unfreezes assets of Mubarak-era interior minister". France 24. 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Retrial of former interior minister to kick off May 5". EgyptToday. 2 May 2018.