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
- JULY 4, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Two Egyptians were sentenced to death for raping a...
Two Egyptians were sentenced to death for raping a woman and two other men jailed for helping kidnap the victim
- JUNE 13, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian lawyer Hanan Mohammed Ali Rashed was sentenced...
Egyptian lawyer Hanan Mohammed Ali Rashed was sentenced to death for killing her husband in collusion with her lover
- APRIL 28, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Ramadhan Mahmoud, a shoe-shiner, and his cousin...
Hassan Ramadhan Mahmoud, a shoe-shiner, and his cousin Ramadhan Mohammed Abu el-Magd Azab were sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing Mahmoud's wife's four-year-old daughter from her first marriage
- APRIL 21, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Egypt voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape, hijacking, espionage, drug trafficking, political and military offences.
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape, hijacking, espionage, drug trafficking, political and military offences.
- JANUARY 29, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The High State Security Court, Egypt, commuted the...
The High State Security Court, Egypt, commuted the death sentence of Anwar Hamed Abbas, an Islamic militant, to life in prison
- JANUARY 16, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that...
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that six prisoners on death row had their sentences reduced to life in prison with hard labour
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Mahmud, a 46-year-old Egyptian, was sentenced...
Ashraf Mahmud, a 46-year-old Egyptian, was sentenced to hang for having murdered his three children, his wife and her lover, court sources said
- MAY 29, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
According to "Jordan Times", the Criminal Court sentenced...
According to "Jordan Times", the Criminal Court sentenced Ahmad, a 25-year-old Egyptian national, to death after convicting him of the murder of his former employer in Sahab, Jordan, in September 2002
- MAY 15, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Six men from the same family were sentenced to hang...
Six men from the same family were sentenced to hang for staging a vendetta ambush in 2002 that killed 22 people from another clan in southern Egypt
- MAY 3, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
It was decided that El Said Hassan Al-Mokhis, an Egyptian...
It was decided that El Said Hassan Al-Mokhis, an Egyptian citizen arrested in Uruguay in 1999, be extradited to his homeland to face charges for the 1997 massacre of 22 European tourists at Luxor Temple
- MARCH 31, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Hanan Muhammad Rashid, female, and Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd...
Hanan Muhammad Rashid, female, and Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd al-Salam, male, are at imminent risk of execution