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 25, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Cassation Court upheld the death sentence awarded to
JANUARY 16, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPTIAN HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR COPT KILLINGS
A Muslim man was condemned to death in south Egypt for the January 2010 slaying
- JANUARY 1, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
DECEMBER 23, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITANT'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO JAIL TERM
Judge Abdullah Abu Hashem of the Egyptian state security court commuted
DECEMBER 16, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTYUAE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
Judge Moustapha Shinawi of the Appeals court in the United Arab Emirates upheld
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: CAIRO COURT REDUCES TYCOON’S DEATH SENTENCE
the death sentence of Egyptian real estate tycoon Hesham Talaat Moustafa for paying an assassin to kill Suzanne Tamim in Dubai in 2008 was commuted to 15 years in prison.
- JUNE 30, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: DEATH PENALTY REINSTATED FOR MURDER
an Egyptian court reinstated the death sentence of blacksmith Mahmoud Sayyid Abdel Hafiz Essawi for murdering Heba al-Akkad, 23, in November 2008, the official Mena news agency reported.
- JUNE 28, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI SENTENCED TO DEATH IN EGYPT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the criminal court of Ismailia, in northeast Egypt, found Saudi Arabian national Lafi Munther Farhhan...
JUNE 23, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT COURT SENTENCES MILITANT LEADER TO DEATH
top Egyptian Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiya leader Abdel Hamid Musa Abu Aqrab was sentenced
- JUNE 16, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR RICH DUO'S MURDER
an Egyptian court sentenced Mahmoud Essawy to death for murdering Heba Ibrahim Al-Akad, 23, and Nadine Khaled Gamal during a robbery and stealing a cellphone and 400 Egyptian pounds.
MAY 30, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: 18 PEOPLE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
eighteen people including nationals of Nigeria, Chad and Egypt were executed in Libya after being convicted of premeditated murder, Libya's online Qurina news website reported.
- MAY 25, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: AL-JUNAIDI SENTENCE ENDORSED
the Court of Cassation in Medina, Saudi Arabia, ratified the death sentence handed to Egyptian nationals Muhammad Al-Junaidi and his sister...