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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.
The modern Egyptian army was established as a result of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty, which allowed the Egyptian army to expand from 398 officers to 982. [73] Nasser applied at the Obassia Military College, Egypt's leading cadet school, in 1937. Anwar Sadat graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1938. [74]
The sale was reportedly announced days after the Egyptian government had detained family members of a human rights activist having dual citizenship of the US and Egypt, Mohamed Soltan. He leads a non-profit organization called the Freedom Initiative that demands attention to the impunity and the disregard for human rights in Egypt under ...
According to most scholars the history of modern Egypt dates from the start of the rule of Muhammad Ali in 1805 and his launching of Egypt's modernization project that involved building a new army and suggesting a new map for the country, though the definition of Egypt's modern history has varied in accordance with different definitions of modernity.
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 ...
The United States recognized Egyptian independence from the United Kingdom on April 26, 1922, following a proclamation by President Warren G. Harding.This recognition elevated the U.S. representation in Egypt from a consular to a diplomatic mission, and the U.S. Diplomatic Agent and Consul General in Cairo, J. Morton Howell, became the head of the American Legation.
A New York man who was indicted in 2022 on felony charges of acting as an unregistered agent of Egypt's government pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a lesser charge, in the latest stumble for U.S ...
Egypt was a member of the allied coalition in the 1991 Gulf War, and Egyptian infantry were some of the first to land in Saudi Arabia to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Egypt's involvement in the coalition was deemed by the George H. W. Bush administration as crucial in garnering wider Arab support for the liberation of Kuwait.