Abdel Meguid Mahmoud

Abdel Meguid Mahmud (Arabic عبد المجيد محمود 'Abd al - Majid Mahmud, English and French Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, . * 1946) from 2006 to 2012, the National Prosecutor General of the Republic of Egypt.

In early February 2011 was Meguid Mahmoud, the decision noted that Ahmed al - Maghrabi is one of the former members of the government who can not leave Egypt and their assets have been frozen.

After Mahmud had acquitted 2012 24 officials of the Mubarak government for lack of evidence in October, the new Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi tried to get him to impeach by offering Mahmud the post of Egyptian Ambassador to the Vatican. However, this declined to Mursi have no right to dismiss him, so Mahmud. On November 22, sat Mursi by decree the separation of powers in many parts of, this was also one that he now finally dismissed Mahmud into early retirement and replaced by Talat Ibrahim Abdullah. Mahmud then declared, on behalf of the Egyptian Supreme Judicial front of the cameras, this was " an unprecedented attack on the Egyptian judiciary, an attack on the freedom and independence of the judiciary ". Furthermore, he declared that the judges would not accept that Mursi put on the right.

On July 2, put the Egyptian Abdel Meguid Mahmoud Court of Appeal as Attorney General again.