Adly Mahmoud Mansour ( ; born 23 December 1945) is an Egyptian judge and statesman who is the President (or Chief Justice) of the
Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt. He also served as the acting
President of Egypt from 4 July 2013 to 8 June 2014 following the
2013 Egyptian coup d'état by the military which deposed President
Mohamed Morsi. Several secular and religious figures, such as the
Grand Imam of al-Azhar (
Ahmed el-Tayeb), the
Coptic Pope (
Tawadros II), and
Mohamed ElBaradei supported the coup against President Morsi and the military appointed Mansour interim-president until an election could take place. Morsi refused to acknowledge his removal as valid and continued to maintain that only he could be considered the legitimate President of Egypt. Mansour was sworn into office in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court on 4 July 2013.