Golden eagle, white lotus; national colors: red, white, black.
Title | "Bilady, Bilady, Bilady" (My Homeland, My Homeland, My Homeland) |
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Lyric/music | Younis-al QADI/Sayed DARWISH |
Date of Independence | 28 February 1922 (from UK protectorate status; the military-led revolution that began on 23 July 1952 led to a republic being declared on 18 June 1953 and all British troops withdrawn on 18 June 1956); note - it was ca. 3200 B.C. that the Two Lands of Upper (southern) and Lower (northern) Egypt were first united politically |
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National holiday | Revolution Day, 23 July (1952) |
Legal system | mixed legal system based on Napoleonic civil and penal law, Islamic religious law, and vestiges of colonial-era laws; judicial review of the constitutionality of laws by the Supreme Constitutional Court |
International law organization participation | accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; non-party state to the ICCt |
Constitution | |
History | Several previous; latest approved by a constitutional committee in December 2013, approved by referendum held on 14-15 January 2014, ratified by interim president on 19 January 2014 |
Amendments | Proposed by the president of the republic or by one fifth of the House of Representatives members; a decision to accept the proposal requires majority vote by House members; passage of amendment requires a two-thirds majority vote by House members and passage by majority vote in a referendum; articles of reelection of the president and principles of freedom are not amendable unless the amendment "brings more guarantees;" amended 2019 |
Citizenship | |
Citizenship by birth | no |
Citizenship by descent only | if the father was born in Egypt |
Dual citizenship recognized | only with prior permission from the government |
Residency requirement for naturalization | 10 years |
Executive Branch | |
Chief of state | President Abdel Fattah EL-SISI (since 8 June 2014) |
Head of government | Prime Minister Mostafa MADBOULY (since 7 June 2018) |
Cabinet | Cabinet ministers nominated by the executive branch and approved by the House of Representatives |
Elections/appointments | president elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 6-year term (eligible for 3 consecutive terms); election last held on 10 to 12 December 2023; next to held in 2029); prime minister appointed by the president, approved by the House of Representatives |
Election results | 2023: Abdel Fattah EL-SISI reelected president in first round; percent of valid votes cast - Abdel Fattah EL-SISI (independent) 89.6%, Hazam OMAR (Republican People’s Party) 4.5%, Farid ZAHRAN (Egyptian Social Democratic Party 4%, Abdel-Samad YAMAMA 1.9% 2018: Abdelfattah ELSISI reelected president in first round; percent of valid votes cast - Abdelfattah ELSISI (independent) 97.1%, Moussa Mostafa MOUSSA (El Ghad Party) 2.9%; note - more than 7% of ballots cast were deemed invalid |
Legislative branch | |
Description | Bicameral Parliament consists of: Senate or Majlis Al-Shiyoukh (300 seats; 100 members directly elected in single seat constituencies, 100 directly elected by closed party-list vote, and 100 appointed by the president; note - the upper house, previously the Shura Council, was eliminated in the 2014 constitution, reestablished as the Senate, following passage in a 2019 constitutional referendum and approved by the House of Representatives in June 2020 House of Representatives or Majlis Al-Nowaab (596 seats; 448 members directly elected by individual candidacy system, 120 members - with quotas for women, youth, Christians and workers - elected in party-list constituencies by simple majority popular vote, and 28 members appointed by the president; members of both houses serve 5-year terms |
Elections | Senate - first round held on 11-12 August 2020 (9-10 August for diaspora); second round held on 8-9 September (6-7 September for diaspora) (next to be held in 2025) House of Representatives - last held 24-25 October and 7-8 November 2020) (next to be held in 2025) |
Election results | Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Nation's Future Party 100, independent 100; composition - men 258, women 41, percent of women 13.7% House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Nation's Future Party 316, Republican People's Party 50, New Wafd Party 26, Homeland Defenders Party 23, Modern Egypt Party 11, Reform and Development Party 9, Al-Nour Party 7, Egyptian Conference Party 7, Egyptian Freedom Party 7, Egyptian Social Democratic Party 7, Tagammu 6, Justice Party 2, Etradet Geel Party 1, independent 124; composition - men 428, women 164, percent of women 27.5%; total Parliament percent of women 23% |
Judicial branch | |
Highest court(s) | Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) (consists of the court president and 10 justices); the SCC serves as the final court of arbitration on the constitutionality of laws and conflicts between lower courts regarding jurisdiction and rulings; Court of Cassation (CC) (consists of the court president and 550 judges organized in circuits with cases heard by panels of 5 judges); the CC is the highest appeals body for civil and criminal cases, also known as "ordinary justices"; Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) (consists of the court president and NA judges and organized in circuits with cases heard by panels of 5 judges); the SAC is the highest court of the State Council |
Judge selection and term of office | Under the 2014 constitution, all judges and justices selected and appointed by the Supreme Judiciary Council and approved as a formality by the president of the Republic; judges appointed for life; under the 2019 amendments, the president has the power to appoint heads of judiciary authorities and courts, the prosecutor general, and the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court |
Subordinate courts | Courts of Appeal; Courts of First Instance; courts of limited jurisdiction; Family Court (established in 2004) |
Diplomatic representation in the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Motaz Mounir ZAHRAN (since 17 September 2020) |
Chancery | 3521 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008 |
Telephone | [1] (202) 895-5400 |
FAX | (202) 244-4319 |
Email address and website | [email protected] https://www.egyptembassy.net/ |
Consulate(s) general | Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York |
Diplomatic representation from the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Herro MUSTAFA GARG (since 15 November 2023) |
Embassy | 5 Tawfik Diab St., Garden City, Cairo |
Mailing address | 7700 Cairo Place, Washington DC 20512-7700 |
Telephone | [20-2] 2797-3300 |
FAX | [20-2] 2797-3200 |
Email address and website | [email protected] https://eg.usembassy.gov/ |
Consulate(s) general | Alexandria |
National heritage | |
Total World Heritage Sites | 7 (6 cultural, 1 natural) |
Selected World Heritage Site locales | Memphis and its Necropolis (c); Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (c); Nubian Monuments (c); Saint Catherine Area (c); Abu Mena (c); Historic Cairo (c); Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (n) |
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