Politics of Egypt - wikipedia Politics of Egypt Egypt This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Egypt Constitution ( history ) Government President ( list ) Abdel Fattah el - Sisi Prime Minister ( list ) Sherif Ismail Cabinet Legislature Parliament House of Representatives Speaker ( list ) Ali Abdel Aal Judiciary Supreme Constitutional Court Administrative divisions Governorates Subdivisions Elections Recent elections Presidential : 2014 2018 Parliamentary : 2011 -- 12 2015 Political parties ( former ) Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Other countries Atlas The politics of Egypt is based on republicanism, with a semi-presidential system of government, established following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. The President of Egypt is elected for two and four - year terms and the Parliament is unicameral. The President can appoint up to 5 % of the total number of seats in Parliament, and can also dissolve it. Parliament can also impeach the President. Egypt was traditionally ruled by royals until 1952, but the first free elected President was in 2012. The Parliament of Egypt is the oldest legislative chamber in Africa and the Middle East. Contents 1 Presidency 2 Legislative Branch 2.1 The House of Representatives ( Magles en Nowwáb ) 2.2 The Consultative Council ( Maglis El - Shura ) 2.3 Parliamentary elections 3 Political parties and elections 4 Civil society 5 Political pressure groups and leaders 6 Foreign relations 7 References 7.1 Bibliography 8 External links Presidency Main article : President of Egypt The President is elected for four - year term that can be renewable once. Candidates must provide 30,001 signatures from at least 15 provinces, or 30 members of a chamber of the legislature, or nomination by a party holding at least one seat in the legislature. The position was created after Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Mohammed Naguib was the first president. Prior to 2005, the Parliament chooses a candidate for the Presidency and the people vote whether or not they approve that candidate for President in a referendum. In 2005, the first presidential elections held with multiple candidates stand for the positions, however the elections was deemed neither fair nor free. After the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, a new presidential elections held in 2012, it was the first free and fair elections in Egyptian history. After a wave of public discontent with autocratic excesses of the Muslim Brotherhood government of President Mohamed Morsi, on 3 July 2013 General Abdel Fattah el - Sisi announced the removal of Morsi from office. El - Sisi then was himself elected head of state in the 2014 presidential election. Egypt adopted the semi-presidential system in 2012 and under it the President does n't hold extensive powers. The President can dissolve the Parliament, declare state of emergency and declare wars but the Parliament must approve any law first. The Parliament can impeach the President after two - thirds votes in favour for impeachment and then a public referendum is held to whether or not approve the impeachment of the President. 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Even though the powers of the Parliament have increased since the 1980 Amendments of the Constitution, the Parliament continues to lack the powers to balance the extensive powers of the President. The House of representatives ( magles en nowwáb ) The House of Representatives is the principal legislative body. It consists of a maximum 596 representatives with 448 are directly elected through FPTP and another 120 elected through proportional representation in 4 nationwide districts while the President can appoint up to 28. The House sits for a five - year term but can be dissolved earlier by the President. The Constitution reserves fifty percent of the House may force the resignation of the executive cabinet by voting a motion of censure. For this reason, the Prime Minister and his cabinet are necessarily from the dominant party or coalition in the assembly. In the case of a president and house from opposing parties, this leads to the situation known as cohabitation. The most recent elections held in 2015. The consultative Council ( maglis El - Shura ) The Shura Council was the 264 - member upper house of Parliament created in 1980. In the Shura Council 176 members were directly elected and 88 members were appointed by the President of the Republic for six - year terms. One half of the Shura Council was renewed every three years. The Shura Council 's legislative powers were limited. On most matters of legislation, the People 's Assembly retained the last word in the event of a disagreement between the two houses. The Shura Council was abolished in the 2014 constitution. Parliamentary elections Political parties in Egypt are numerous and exceeds 100 parties ; The formation of political parties based on religion, race or gender is prohibited by the Constitution. Prior to the revolution in 2011, power was concentrated in the hands of the President of the Republic and the National Democratic Party which retained a super-majority in the People 's Assembly. Many new political parties that mostly were fragile formed in anticipation of running candidates in the Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011 -- 2012 that was considered the first free one since the 1952 revolution. However the elected Parliament was dissolved by the constitutional court and new elections were held in 2015 Below the national level, authority is exercised by and through governors and mayors appointed by the central government and by popularly elected local councils. Political parties and elections Main articles : List of political parties in Egypt and Elections in Egypt According to the Egyptian Constitution, political parties are allowed to exist. Religious political parties are not allowed as it would not respect the principle of non-interference of religion in politics and that religion has to remain in the private sphere to respect all beliefs. Also forbidden are political parties supporting militia formations or having an agenda that is contradictory to the constitution and its principles, or threatening the country 's stability such as national unity between Muslim Egyptians and Christian Egyptians. As of 2015, there are more than 100 registered political parties in Egypt. The largest are, Free Egyptians Party, New Wafd Party, Conference Party, and the Egyptian Social Democratic Party. e d Summary of the 2015 election for House of Representatives ( Egypt ) Party Ideology Votes Vote % FPTP Seats List Seats Total Seats Component Parties Free Egyptians Party Liberalism, Secularism 57 8 65 Nation 's Future Party Populism 43 10 53 New Wafd Party Egyptian nationalism, National Liberalism 27 8 36 1 appointed member Homeland Defenders Party Populism 10 8 18 Republican People 's Party Liberalism, Populism 13 0 13 Conference Party Big tent, Liberalism 8 12 Al - Nour Party Islamism, Salafism 11 0 11 Conservative Party Conservative Liberalism 5 6 Democratic Peace Party Liberal Democracy, Civic Nationalism 5 0 5 Egyptian Social Democratic Party Social Democracy, Social Liberalism 0 Egyptian National Movement Party Secularism 0 Modern Egypt Party 0 Freedom Party Big tent, Liberalism 0 Reform and Development Party Liberalism 0 My Homeland Egypt Party Populism 0 Revolutionary Guards Party Nationalism, Liberalism 0 National Progressive Unionist Party Left - wing Nationalism, Democratic Socialism 0 1 appointed member Free Egyptian Building Party Islamism 0 Nasserist Party Arab Nationalism, Arab Socialism 0 Independents Independents - - 251 74 351 28 Appointed members Total elected elected MPs 0 100.00 0 0 0 Appointees non-elected MPs - - - - 0 Total MPs - - - - 0 2014 Egyptian presidential election Candidate Party Votes % Abdel Fattah el - Sisi Independent 23,780,104 96.91 Hamdeen Sabahi Popular Current 757,511 3.09 Invalid / blank votes 1,040,608 -- Total 25,578,233 100 Registered voters / turnout 47.45 Source : Ahram Online. Civil society See also : Emergency law in Egypt Egyptians lived under emergency law from 1967 until 31 May 2012 ( with one 18 - month break starting in 1980 ). Emergency laws have been continuously extended every three years since 1981. These laws sharply circumscribed any non-governmental political activity : street demonstrations, non-approved political organizations, and un-registered financial donations were formally banned. Nonetheless, since 2000, these restrictions have been violated in practice. In 2003, the agenda shifted heavily towards local democratic reforms, opposition to the succession of Gamal Mubarak as president, and rejection of violence by state security forces. Groups involved in the latest wave include PCSPI, the Egyptian Movement for Change ( Kefaya ), and the Association for Egyptian Mothers. Substantial peasant activism exists on a variety of issues, especially related to land rights and land reform. A major flash point was the 1997 repeal of Nasser - era land reform policies under pressure for structural adjustment. A pole for this activity is the Land Center for Human Rights. The Egyptian Revolution of 2011, inspired by the recent revolution in Tunisia, forced the resignation of President Mubarak and the Military Junta that succeeded him abrogated the Constitution and promised free and fair elections under a new one. On August 15, 2015 President al - Sisi enacted a new Counter Terrorism Law, which Human Rights Watch claims `` mimics '' language `` already contained in Egypt 's decades - old Emergency Law ''. The new law gives the president, in article 53, power to take ` appropriate measures to protect the general order and security ` to confront the danger of terrorism or in case of an environmental catastrophe. This includes `` the power to order six - month curfews or evacuations in defined areas, subject to a majority vote in parliament within seven days, or cabinet approval if parliament is not in session. '' Political pressure groups and leaders Before the revolution, Mubarak tolerated limited political activity by the Brotherhood for his first two terms, but then moved more aggressively to block its influence ( arguably leading to its recent rise in public support ). Trade unions and professional associations are officially sanctioned. In 2014, in Upper Egypt, several newspapers reported that the region of Upper Egypt wants to secede from Egypt to try to improve living standards. Foreign relations Main article : Foreign relations of Egypt The permanent headquarters for the League of Arab States ( The Arab League ) is located in Cairo. The Secretary General of the League has traditionally been an Egyptian. Former Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu El Ghet is the present Secretary General of the Arab League. The Arab League moved out of Egypt to Tunis in 1978 as a protest at the peace treaty with Israel, but returned in 1989. Egypt was the first Arab state to establish diplomatic relations with the state of Israel, after the signing of the Egypt - Israel Peace Treaty at the Camp David Accords. Egypt has a major influence amongst other Arab states, and has historically played an important role as a mediator in resolving disputes between various Arab nations, and in the Israeli - Palestinian dispute. Most Arab nations still give credence to Egypt playing that role, though its effects are often limited. Former Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros - Ghali served as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1991 to 1996. A territorial dispute with Sudan over an area known as the Hala'ib Triangle, has meant that diplomatic relations between the two remain strained. 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International Affairs Review. Retrieved 18 February 2014. Bibliography Hatem Elliesie : The Rule of Law in Egypt. In : Matthias Koetter / Gunnar Folke Schuppert ( Eds. ), Understanding of the Rule of Law in various Legal Orders of the World : Working Paper Series Nr. 5 of SFB 700 : Governance in Limited Areas of Statehood, Berlin 2010. Kassem, Maye ( 2004 ). Egyptian Politics : The Dynamics of Authoritarian Rule. Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 1 - 58826 - 247 - 2. 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Question: what type of government is there in egypt
Answer: based on republicanism, with a semi-presidential system of government