About Abdul Razzaq Al-Sanhoury
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Abd al-Razzaq al-Sanhouri (1895 AD - 1971 AD) is one of the prominent figures of jurisprudence and law in the Arab world. He was born on August 11, 1895 in Alexandria, and obtained a secondary certificate in 1913. Then he joined the Law School in Cairo, where he obtained a BA in 1917 and was influenced by the thought of the 1919 revolution. He was an agent for the Attorney General in 1920 and then traveled France to obtain a doctorate and return in 1926 to work as a civil law teacher at the college, then was elected its dean in 1936.
He called for the establishment of a new civil law, and the government responded to him. He held the position of Minister of Education 4 times and was appointed as Chairman of the State Council from 1949 to 1954. He was known to support the July Revolution and participated in the consultations to depose King Farouk with Muhammad Najib, Jamal Salem and Anwar al-Sadat. He made great efforts in the agrarian reform project and requested The establishment of democracy, the dissolution of the Revolutionary Command Council and the return of the army to the barracks, but the workers' demonstrations destroyed his ideas.
Al-Sanhouri Pasha and his writings are considered an asset to the legal library, as he was a member of the Arabic Language Academy since 1946 AD and contributed to the development of many legal terms until he died on July 21, 1971 AD.