Ali Abdel Aal
{{short description|Egyptian law professor and politician (born 1948)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| office = Speaker of the House of Representatives
| term_start = 10 January 2016
| term_end = 12 January 2021
| predecessor = Saad El-Katatni {{small|(2012)}}
| successor = Hanafi Ali Gibali
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|11|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nagaa El-Shaikh Ibrahim, Aswan, Egypt
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| party = For the Love of Egypt
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| president = Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
| primeminister2 = Sherif Ismail
Moustafa Madbouly
| appointer = House of Representatives
| deputy = Mahmoud El Sherif
Suleiman Wahdan
| native_name_lang = ar
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Ali Abdel Aal Sayyed Ahmed ({{langx|ar|علي عبد العال}}; born 29 November 1948) is an Egyptian law professor and politician. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives between 10 January 2016 and 12 January 2021. As law professor he worked at Ain Shams University and specialized in constitutional law.
Career
Abdel Aal was born on 29 November 1948,{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/meet-parliament-s-new-speaker-ali-abdelaal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307200851/http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/meet-parliament-s-new-speaker-ali-abdelaal |title=Meet parliament's new speaker: Ali Abdelaal |publisher=Egypt Independent |date=11 January 2016 |archive-date=7 March 2016}} in Nagaa El-Shaikh Ibrahim, Daraw, Aswan Governorate.{{cite web |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/8/26/أبناء-أسوان-يحتفون-بالدورة-البرلمانية-المنقضية-برئاسة-على-عبد-العال/4946715 |title=أبناء أسوان يحتفون بالدورة البرلمانية المنقضية برئاسة على عبد العال |website=youm7.com |language=Arabic |date=26 August 2020 }}
He studied law and obtained a degree from Ain Shams University in 1972. The next year he started working as a deputy to a prosecutor. In 1974 he became a university lecturer. Ten years later he obtained his PhD in State at the University of Paris.{{cite web|url=http://www.rcssmideast.org/en/Article/10615/Implications-of-Ali-Abdel-Aals-Election-as-Parliament-Speaker#.VvVi0-LhC1s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408121538/http://www.rcssmideast.org/en/Article/10615/Implications-of-Ali-Abdel-Aals-Election-as-Parliament-Speaker#.Vweg-nbP1qZ |title=Implications of Ali Abdel-Aal's Election as Parliament Speaker |publisher=RCSS |date=20 January 2016 |archive-date=8 April 2016}}
Abdel Aal was cultural attaché in the city of his alma mater from 1987 to 1991. The next year he served as constitutional advisor to the Parliament of Egypt. In 1993 he helped with the drafting of the Constitution of Ethiopia. As a constitutional advisor he was employed by the Royal Court of Kuwait between 1993 and 2011. Abdel Aal worked as constitutional law professor at Ain Shams University.{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/0/180543/Egypt/0/Constitutional-law-professor-AbdelAl-named-Egypts-.aspx |title=Constitutional law professor Abdel-Al named Egypt's parliament speaker |publisher=Ahram Online |date=10 January 2016 |access-date=25 March 2016}}
Abdel Aal was one of the constitutional experts who worked on the Egyptian Constitution of 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.madamasr.com/news/update-law-professor-ali-abdel-aal-elected-parliamentary-speaker |title=Update: Law Professor Ali Abdel Aal elected parliamentary speaker |publisher=Mada Masr |date=10 January 2016 |access-date=25 March 2016}} In 2015 he was the head of a committee which drafted three new electoral laws.{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/164/180579/Egypt/Egypt-Elections-/Meet-newlyelected-speaker-of-Egypts-parliament-Ali.aspx |title=Meet newly-elected speaker of Egypt's parliament Ali Abdel-Al |publisher=Ahram Online |date=10 January 2016 |access-date=25 March 2016}}
In the 2015 parliamentary elections Abdel Aal was elected on the For the Love of Egypt list for the Aswan Constituency. He was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on 10 January 2016. He obtained 401 of 585 votes.
In 2019, Abdel Aal defended President Sisi in fall 2019, but via a favorable comparison to Adolf Hitler. “Hitler has his mistakes," he reportedly commented. "But what enabled him to expand east and west was the country's infrastructure he built. Even now that is the engine that drove Germany to become a top-tier country." He said "harsh measures" are required when "institutions are built and infrastructure is laid down". He later said his words had been taken "out of context"; pro-government sources reported his comments.{{cite news|last=Samaan|first=Magdy|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/president-sisi-softening-grip-on-egypt-kq2cxmg9h|title=President Sisi softening grip on Egypt|work=The Times|date=2 October 2019|access-date=4 October 2019}} {{subscription required}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49926472|title=Egypt's speaker praises Hitler to justify government spending|work=BBC News|date=3 October 2019|access-date=4 October 2019}}
After the 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election Abdel Aal obtained a seat in parliament, but did not run for re-election as Speaker and was succeeded by Hanafi Ali Gibali on 12 January 2021.{{cite web|author=Gamal Essam El-Din |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1201/398737/AlAhram-Weekly/Egypt/Egypt-new-House-of-Representatives-A-lawladen-sess.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120010032/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1201/398737/AlAhram-Weekly/Egypt/Egypt-new-House-of-Representatives-A-lawladen-sess.aspx |title=Egypt new House of Representatives: A law-laden session |publisher=ahramonline |date=13 January 2021 |archive-date=20 January 2021}} In February 2021 several MP's called upon Abdel Aal to attend parliament or resign as MP.{{cite web|last=Essam El-Din |first=Gamal |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/404100/Egypt/Politics-/MPs-ask-former-parliament-speaker-Ali-AbdelAal-to-.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202192219/https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/404100/Egypt/Politics-/MPs-ask-former-parliament-speaker-Ali-AbdelAal-to-.aspx |title=MPs ask former parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Aal to attend meetings or resign |publisher=Ahram Online |date=15 February 2021 |archive-date=2 December 2022}}
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Category:People from Aswan Governorate
Category:Academic staff of Ain Shams University
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Egypt)
Category:Scholars of constitutional law
Category:Speakers of the Parliament of Egypt
Category:Ain Shams University alumni