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The politics of Egypt takes place within the framework of a republican semi-presidential system of government. The current political system was established following the 2013 Egyptian military coup d'état, and the takeover of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. In the current system, the President is elected for a six-year term.
Under the new Infitah (liberal realignment) of president Anwar Sadat, and in the aftermath of the 1973 October War and the peace process with Israel, Sadat’s decree in March 1976 founded a three-party platform within the framework of the Arab Socialist Union, representing the right, the center and the left, before spinning them off on 22 November of the same year into political parties. [4]
Elections in Egypt are held for the president and a bicameral legislature. The president of Egypt is elected for a six-year term by popular vote after draft amendments to the 2013 constitution altered the presidential term limits from the original four years to six years. [1] Suffrage is universal and compulsory for every Egyptian citizen over 18.
A new coalition of Egyptian political parties publicly criticized the country's current government Monday for persecuting politicians, in a rare act of political dissent. In a news conference ...
Since 1866, Egypt witnessed seven parliamentary systems whose legislative and oversight competencies varied and reflected the history of the Egyptian people's struggle to establish a society based on democracy and freedom. For more than 135 years of parliamentary history, Egypt witnessed 32 Parliaments whose members ranged between 75 and 458 ...
The president of Egypt is elected using the two-round system for a term of six years, renewable once. [28]To participate, a candidate can either secure the endorsement of 20 MPs or "25,000 eligible voters across at least 15 governorates," with at least 1,000 endorsements from each governorate. [29]
The National Democratic Party (Arabic: الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي, romanized: El-Ḥizb el-Waṭanī ed-Dīmuqrāṭī), often referred to in Egypt as simply the National Party (Arabic: الحزب الوطني, romanized: El-Ḥizb el-Waṭanī), was the ruling political party in Egypt from 1978 to 2011.
In 2009, Dr. Ali El Deen Hilal Dessouki, Media Secretary of the National Democratic Party , described Egypt as a "pharaonic" political system, and democracy as a "long-term goal". Dessouki also stated that "the real center of power in Egypt is the military". [citation needed]