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
- JANUARY 1, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The West Cairo Military Court sentenced one person to death and four others to life in prison in relation to an attack on the Embassy of Niger in Giza in July 2015, in which one policeman was killed.
1 January 2018: the West Cairo Military Court sentenced one person to death and four others to life in prison in relation to an attack on the Embassy of Niger in Giza in July 2015, in which one policeman was killed.
- JANUARY 1, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
an Egyptian military court issued preliminary death sentenced against eight defendants on a charge of murdering a senior police officer in Cairo in 2015.
an Egyptian military court issued preliminary death sentenced against eight defendants on a charge of murdering a senior police officer in Cairo in 2015.
- DECEMBER 26, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT HANGS 15 OVER ATTACKS ON SECURITY FORCES: OFFICIALS
Egyptian authorities executed 15 prisoners convicted of attacks on security forces in the restive Sinai Peninsula, police officials said.
DECEMBER 17, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITARY COURT ISSUES 14 DEATH SENTENCES
A military court sentenced 14 people from Alexandria to death over claims of planting explosives in front of government offices, killing and wounding a number of citizens.
DECEMBER 14, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 3 FOR KILLING JUDGE’S SON
Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against three people on charges of killing a judge’s son in the city of Mansoura in September 2014.
DECEMBER 7, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: GRAND MUFTI AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 13 AJNAD MISR TERRORISTS
A criminal court in Egypt's Giza has sentenced 13 members of the terrorist group Ajnad Misr to death after the country's top Muslim legal authority consented to the punishment, following their conviction for attacking security forces.
- DECEMBER 6, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN UNION CALLS ON EGYPT TO 'IMMEDIATELY' SUSPEND DEATH SENTENCES
The African Union has called on the Egyptian government to repeal the death sentence in 20 new cases.
NOVEMBER 28, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 11 ANSAR BEIT AL-MAQDIS MEMBERS TO DEATH
An Egyptian military court issued a preliminary death sentence against 11 members of the Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis terrorist group who were convicted of involvement in a series of attacks committed in 2014 and 2015, including the 2015 bombing of the Italian co
- NOVEMBER 25, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: CAIRO COURT SENTENCES TO DEATH 7 ELEMENTS OF MATROUH CELL
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced to death seven terrorists of the Daesh-affiliated "Matrouh cell" on charges of beheading 21 Egyptian Copts working in Libya in February 2015.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2017Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
ANTI-TERROR STATES ADD 2 ENTITIES, 11 INDIVIDUALS TO TERRORIST BLACKLIST
The Anti-Terror Quartet (ATQ); Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain, added two entities and 11 individuals to its blacklist.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT ISSUES PRELIMINARY DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING COPTIC PRIEST
A South Giza criminal court issued a preliminary death sentence against a man convicted of killing Coptic Orthodox priest Samaan Shehata in Cairo last October.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
14 EGYPTIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING SOLDIER
An Egyptian military court has referred the files of 14 defendants to the country’s top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, seeking his approval of their execution.