appointed predecessor successor religion profession office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
hosni mubarak mamdouh marei maher el-beheiry islam attorney president of the supreme constitutional court of egypt 1941 25 july 2009 farouk sultan
 30 june 2012 farouk sultan ar فاروق سلطان
farouk sultan

farouk ahmed sultan -lrb- ; born 1941 -rrb- was president of the supreme constitutional court of egypt , the highest judicial court in egypt .
he was appointed in 2009 by president hosni mubarak , and succeeded by maher el-beheiry in 2012 .
sultan 's appointment was questioned by outside observers , who argued that he lacked experience in constitutional law , and that much of his experience was in military courts and state security courts .
it was argued that his appointment was meant to place an ally of mubarak at the head of the supreme constitutional court in advance of the 2011 presidential election .
in the aftermath of the 2011 egyptian revolution , it was announced that sultan would be a part of the interim government , along with the supreme council of the armed forces .
his role in the government was not immediately clear .
as president of the electoral commission , farouk sultan announced the results of the 2012 presidential elections on 24 june .
maher el-beheiry succeeded him as chief justice of the supreme constitutional court on 1 july 2012 .
