In 1965, Adly joined the
State Security Investigations Service. After working at various investigation departments, he was employed at the foreign ministry from 1982 to 1984. He then investigated state security matters, and became assistant interior minister in 1993. He replaced
General Hassan Al Alfi as interior minister following the
November 1997 Luxor massacre. Adly was one of the most significant figures who supported
Mubarak during his reign. Adly served as interior minister in two different cabinets.
Post-revolution During the uprising, the Egyptian attorney general announced Adly had been given a travel ban. Following
Mubarak's resignation, Adly and two other former ministers were arrested on corruption charges. His assets were ordered frozen by a court order. Adly is estimated to have amassed a fortune of 1.2 billion US dollars. He pleaded not guilty to corruption charges on 5 March 2011, answering questions by the judge on whether he had illegally profited from his government position or laundered money by saying "that did not happen." On 5 May 2011, Adly was found guilty of
fraud and
money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison. In June 2012, Adly, along with deposed President
Hosni Mubarak, was found guilty of conspiring to kill protestors during the uprising and was sentenced to life in prison in May 2012. In March 2013, the conviction for fraud and money laundering was overturned by the
Court of Cassation and a retrial was requested. On retrial, Adly was acquitted on all charges relating to complicity in the killing of protesters as well as using political influence for private gain. and was released from detention in March, 2015. In April 2017, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison, based on charges of embezzling about $122 million. In May 2019, Egyptian authorities unfroze his assets, after he had been acquitted on all corruption-related charges. ==References==