Gawdat al-Malt

Gawdat al-Malt (July 1935 - , Arabic: جودت الملط) is a retired Egyptian judge and former head of the State Council (Administrative Court) and former chairman of the top public finance and anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Audit Organization (1999 and 2011, Arabic:الجهاز المركزي للمحاسبات ).[1]

Gawdat al-Malt
NationalityEgyptian
OccupationJudge

Controversial figure

Al-Malt headed the CAO during the last third of Hosni Mubarak's three decade rule, resigning in March 2011, one month after Mubarak was deposed in the 2011 Revolution.[1] Almost two months earlier, Al-Malt was falsely reported to have been appointed as Minister of Finance on 31 January 2011 because of his anti-corruption reputation during a last ditch reshuffle to keep Hosni Mubarak in power in the face of rising protests.[2] However, Al-Malt denied the claim,[3] and the post was filled by another person on that day.[4][5]

Before resigning as head of the CAO, Al-Malt announced that he would be submitting reports to the attorney general on corruption cases involving Mubarak's last Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and his Information Minister Anas al-Fiqqi proving misappropriation of public funds.[6]

However, Al-Malt was later blamed by a rights organisation for stifling access to information that would allegedly have been vital in prosecuting Mubarak for corruption,[7] leading anti-corruption group Censors Against Corruption comprising former and then-current senior members of the CAO to lodge formal complaints against him with the attorney general.[7]

References
  1. "د. جودت الملط - من 1999 إلى 2011". asa.gov.eg (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  2. "Egypt forms new government". Khaleej Times/Thomson Reuters. 2011-01-31. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  3. "Gawdat el-Malt denies is new Egypt finmin-Arabiya". Thomson Reuters. 2011-01-31. Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  4. Shahine, Alaa (2011-01-31). "Egypt Names Radwan Finance Minister in New Cabinet, Replaces Boutros-Ghali". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  5. "Egypt minister sorry for 'harsh treatment' of journalists". Manila Bulletin/AFP/DPA. 2011-02-05. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  6. "Auditing agency to submit corruption reports to attorney general". Egypt Independent. 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  7. "Africa: Members of Sensors Against Corruption Are Persecuted Due to the Slowdown of the Public Prosecution". All Africa. 2011-09-21.
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