Government

Government type

Republic

Administrative divisions

26 governorates : Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Isma'iliyah, Al Gizah, Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah, Al Qalyubiyah, Al Wadi al Jadid, Ash Sharqiyah, As Suwaise, Aswan, Asyut, ::I, ::I, Dumyat, Janub Sina', Kafr ash-Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sinaa, Suhaj.

Constitution

Introduced on the 11::SUP of September 1971.

Legal system

The Egyptian judicial system is an amalgam of Islamic, French and English law with a hierarchy of courts descending from the Supreme Constitutional Court down to primary and summary tribunals in each of the country's 26 governorates (Muhafazat).

Executive branch

Chief of state: President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak.
Head of government: Prime Minister Atef Obeid.
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president
Elections: president nominated by the "People's Assembly" for a six-year term, the nomination must then be validated by a national, popular referendum; national referendum last held 26 September 1999 (will nest be held in October 2005); prime minister appointed by the president
Election results: national referendum validated President Mubarak's nomination by the "People's Assembly" to a fourth term.

Legislative branch

Bicameral system consists of the "People's Assembly", or Majlis al-Sha'b (454 seats; 444 elected by popular vote, 10 appointed by the president; members serve five-year terms) and the "Advisory Council", or Majlis al-Shura - which functions only in a consultative role (264 seats; 176 elected by popular vote, 88 appointed by the president.

Judicial branch

Supreme Constitutional Court