page_title: Sami Farag
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Sami Farag / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Judge Sami Farag with Supreme Constitutional President Adly Mansour
context_page_description: Sami Farag Youssef was an Egyptian lawyer, judge, prosecutor and Vice-President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt. He was viewed by many as one of the most influential Copts in modern history.
context_section_description: He held the following offices:
  Independent lawyer till February 1962.
  Legal adviser to Banque Misr till September 1965.
  Deputy General Prosecutor (1965-1973)
  Judge and court president (1973-1981)
  Prosecuting attorney in Faiyum (1981-1982)
  Judge at the court of appeals (1982-1986)
  Judge at the court of cassation (1986-1989)
  Vice-President of the court of cassation (1989)
  Vice-President of the Supreme Constitutional court of Egypt (1990-1999)
  He is the person to have served the longest term (nine years) at the position of Vice-President of the Supreme Constitutional court of Egypt.
  In 1995 he was appointed by President Mubarak to serve temporarily in the General Congregation Council of the Coptic Church. He was a very close and trusted friend of Pope Shenouda III. He would serve sometimes as the liaison between the government and the Church's leadership.
  He represented Egypt 5 times at the Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts.
  In the 1996 Conference that was held in Budapest, his performance convinced the President of the Congress to name Egypt as an observant member at the Conference of European Constitutional Courts.
  During his term at the Supreme Constitutional Court, he oversaw many cases involving the President of the Republic, the government and the Coptic Pope.
  He trained and was the mentor of Egyptian President Adly Mansour.
caption: Judge Sami Farag with former President of the Republic Adly Mansour
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