Maher El-Beheiry

{{Short description|Egyptian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Maher El-Beheiry

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|office1 = President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt

|term_start1 = 1 July 2012

|term_end1 = 1 July 2013

|predecessor2 = Farouk Sultan

|successor2 = Adly Mansour{{cite web|title=Current Members of the Court |url=http://hccourt.gov.eg/CourtMembers/CurrentCourt.asp |publisher=Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt |accessdate=3 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510210107/http://www.hccourt.gov.eg/CourtMembers/CurrentCourt.asp |archivedate=10 May 2013 }}

|appointed2 = Mohamed Morsi

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|3|17|df=y}}

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Maher El-Beheiry ({{langx|ar|ماهر البحيري}}; born 17 March 1943){{cite web|title=تعرف على أبرز 10 رؤساء تولوا رئاسة المحكمة الدستورية العليا منذ نشأتها|url=https://m.youm7.com/story/2019/3/11/تعرف-على-أبرز-10-رؤساء-تولوا-رئاسة-المحكمة-الدستورية-العليا/4168401|publisher=Youm7|accessdate=4 October 2021|date=11 March 2019}} was President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt. He succeeded Farouk Sultan as president of the court on 1 July 2012.{{cite web|title=El-Beheiry to replace Farouk Sultan at helm of Egypt constitutional court|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/43314.aspx|work=Ahram Online|publisher=Al-Ahram|accessdate=3 July 2013|date=30 May 2012}} He served for a year, until 1 July 2013, when he was succeeded by Adly Mansour.{{cite web|title=Morsi appoints new head of constitutional court |url=http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/morsi-appoints-new-head-of-constitutional-court/ |publisher=Expat Cairo |accessdate=3 July 2013 |date=20 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130703202156/http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/morsi-appoints-new-head-of-constitutional-court/ |archivedate=3 July 2013 }} For a time during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, some organizations reported El-Beheiry as having been selected for the position of acting President of Egypt.{{cite web | url=http://www.businessinsider.com/maher-el-beheiry-egypts-new-leader-2013-7 | title=Here's the New Acting President of Egypt | website=Business Insider }} However, these reports were incorrect: Mansour, the current court president, was selected as acting president.