Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri
Egyptian legal scholar (1895-1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abd el-Razzak el-Sanhuri or ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-Sanhūrī (Arabic: عبد الرزاق السنهوري) (11 August 1895 – 21 July 1971) was an Egyptian jurist, law professor, judge and politician. He is best remembered as the primary author of the revised Egyptian Civil Code of 1948. Al-Sanhūrī's multi-volume masterwork, Al-Wasīṭ fī sharḥ al-qānūn al-madanī al-jadīd, a comprehensive commentary on the Egyptian Civil Code of 1948 and on civil law more generally, published during 1952-1970, remains in print and is highly regarded in legal and juristic professions throughout the Arab world. Al-Sanhūrī was Minister of Education in the Cabinet of Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha from 1945-1946 and again from late 1946 to 1948.
‘Abd al-Razzāq al-Sanhūrī | |
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عبد الرزاق السنهوري | |
President of the Egyptian Council of State | |
In office 3 March 1949 – 29 March 1954 | |
President | Himself |
Preceded by | Kāmil Pasha Mursī |
Succeeded by | ‘Alī al-Sayyid |
Minister of Education | |
In office 24 February 1945 – 15 February 1946 | |
Preceded by | Mohammed Hussein Heikal |
Succeeded by | Muḥammad Ḥasan al-‘Ashmawi |
In office 9 December 1946 – 2 March 1949 | |
Preceded by | Muḥammad Ḥasan al-‘Ashmawi |
Succeeded by | Aḥmad Mursī Badr |
Under-Secretary of Education | |
In office January 1942 – March 1942 | |
Dean of the Law Faculty at the Egyptian National University (Cairo University) | |
In office 8 October 1936 – 15 October 1937 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1895-08-11)August 11, 1895 Alexandria, Egypt |
Died | July 21, 1971(1971-07-21) (aged 75) Alexandria, Egypt |
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Alma mater | Khedival School of Law, Cairo University of Lyon (PhD) |
He was subsequently appointed as President of the Egyptian Council of State. Al-Sanhūrī's tenure as President of the Council of State lasted until 1954, when he was dismissed by coercion. He has been described as "a personality of unique embroidery, never to reoccur".[1] An avowed advocate of Arab unity, al-Sanhūrī was notably active in the legal and institutional reforms of different Arab countries throughout most of his adult life. He presided over a committee which drafted the Iraqi Civil Code, while at the same time serving as dean of the Baghdad Law School, from 1935 to 1937. He also contributed to a drafting project of a Syrian civil code throughout the early 1940s. Al-Sanhūrī also drafted various public and private laws of Kuwait, Sudan, Libya and Bahrain.