Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq
Abdel Wahab Abdel Razeq, born in 1948 in Minya, Egypt, is an Egyptian lawyer and politician. He served as president of the Egyptian Senate from 18 October 2020 to 18 October 2025. He chairs the Nation's Future Party (also called the Future of a Homeland) since 2020.
He was the Chancellor of the Supreme Constitutional Court from May 2016 to June 2018, after serving as deputy chief since 2011.
Education and early career: He earned a law degree from Cairo University in 1969. He began his career as an assistant prosecutor in the Accountability State Authority in 1971, then served as the permanent secretary to the Attorney General in the Ministry of Justice and as deputy secretary in the State Council in 1987. He became a prosecutor in the State Council in 1989. He worked as legal adviser to the Kuwaiti Cabinet from 1992 to 1998 and was adviser to the commissioners authority of the Supreme Constitutional Court until 1994, eventually becoming head of that authority.
Supreme Constitutional Court and politics: He joined the Supreme Constitutional Court in 2011 as deputy chief and was appointed chancellor in 2016 under the 2014 Constitution. In the court, he supported the dissolution of the 2012 Parliament and ruled against an old political disenfranchisement law from the Shura Council. He helped found the Future of a Homeland Party with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2014 and served on the 2014 Presidential Elections Committee. In October 2020, he was elected Senate speaker with 287 votes out of 300.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 06:37 (CET).