Egypt
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- there have been various constitutions; the latest was approved by the constitutional committee in December 2013 and by the people in the referendum of January 14-15, 2014, then ratified by the interim President on January 19, 2014
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English, Islamic, and Napoleonic systems
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral system of the House of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nowaab); 596 seats; 448 members directly elected by a majority mechanism, 120 members - with quotas for women, youth, Christians, and workers - elected from lists, and 28 members appointed by the President; the legislature lasts 5 years
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) is composed of the president and 10 judges, serving as the final instance on issues of constitutionality of laws and conflicts between lower courts regarding jurisdiction and rulings; Court of Cassation (CC), composed of the President and 550 judges organized into circuits, is the highest level of appeal for civil and criminal proceedings, referred to as "ordinary"; the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) - is composed of the President and organized into circuits
- DEATH SENTENCES
- 16 confirmed by the Court of Cassation and 4 by the Supreme Military Court
RELIGIONS
90% Muslims; 9% Copts, 1% Christians
From the country
JUNE 15, 2023EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN EXECUTED ONE YEAR AFTER KILLING OF NAYERA ASHRAF
Egypt on June 14, 2023 executed the killer of university student Naiyera Ashraf, who was murdered in a heinous crime last year in an incident that rocked the country and the region.
FEBRUARY 16, 2023EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH, 11 OTHERS TO LIFE ON TERROR CHARGES
The First Terrorism Circuit at Egypt's State Security Criminal Court on 7 February 2023 sentenced a man to death by hanging, and 11 others to life imprisonment, three defendants to 15 years imprisonment and three defendants to ten years over various terro
- JANUARY 4, 2023EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MAN WHO STRANGLED HIS FIANCÉE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Mohamed Samir, who murdered his fiancée Kholoud Al-Sayed Farouk, has been sentenced to death by a court in Egypt, Middle East Monitor reported on 3 January 2023.
NOVEMBER 8, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: GRAND MUFTI UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SALMA BAHGAT'S KILLER
An Egyptian court on 7 November 2022 upheld the death sentence for a man who murdered a university student in the agricultural province of Sharqia.
OCTOBER 24, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 9 FROM ONE FAMILY SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
An Egyptian court has sentenced nine members of one family to death after convicting them of murdering a man and mutilating his body, Gulf News reported on 22 October 2022 citing local media report.
- OCTOBER 4, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: SALMA BAHGAT KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The killer of a 22-year-old university student has been sentenced to death, a court in the Egyptian province of Shariqa said on 3 October 2022.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MOTHER, LOVER SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING CHILDREN
A 26-year-old woman and her lover on 17 September 2022 were both sentenced to death by hanging in Egypt after being found guilty of killing her three children and attempting the murder of her husband, local media reported.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MUFTI APPROVES EXECUTION OF JUDGE WHO KILLED TELEVISION PRESENTER WIFE
Egypt’s Grand Mufti approved the execution of Judge Ayman Haggag and an associate who were convicted of murdering Haggag’s television presenter wife, government-owned newspaper al-Ahram reported on 11 September 2022.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 5 FRIENDS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Criminal Court in Egypt has sentenced five defendants who are friends to death by hanging, and sentenced another to life imprisonment, Middle East Monitor reported on 31 August 2022, citing Al-Watan newspaper.
AUGUST 31, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: JUDGE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING JOURNALIST WIFE
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a judge to death on 16 August 2022 for the murder of his wife, in what is one of the most high-profile murder cases in the country in recent months.
AUGUST 29, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WOMAN IN MAADI
After 20 months since the court ruling, the death sentence was carried out on 11 August 2022 for two men who were found guilty of the killing of a 24-year-old woman, Maryam Mohamed, in Cairo’s Maadi.
- AUGUST 1, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN COURT WANTS KILLER EXECUTED ON LIVE TV
An Egyptian court has called for the execution of a young man to be broadcast live. The condemned was convicting of stabbing his classmate at Mansoura University to death.