House of Representatives (Egypt)

مجلس النواب
House of Representatives

coat of arms	Parliament building
Basic data
Seat:	Cairo
Legislative period :	5 years
First session:	1971
MPs:	596
Current legislative period
Last choice:	General election in Egypt 2015
Chair:	Speaker of Parliament Ali Abdel-Al
Website
www.parliament.gov.eg

Sit in front of the building during the 2011 revolution

The House of Representatives ( Arabic مجلس النواب, DMG Maǧlis an-Nuwwāb ) in the capital Cairo is the unicameral parliament of Egypt according to the Egyptian constitution of 2014 .

history

The House of Representatives was called the People's Assembly until 2012 ( Arabic مجلس الشعب Majlis asch-schaʿb , DMG maǧlis aš-šaʿb ), was the lower house in the Egyptian bicameral system and had more legislative powers than the Shura Council (the Egyptian upper house, which was abolished by the 2014 constitution). At that time the People's Chamber consisted of 508 members , 498 of which were elected by the people; the remaining 10 mandates were given by the head of state .

The last elections to the People's Assembly took place in winter 2011/12. However, the House of Representatives was dissolved on June 15, 2012 due to a ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court . The judges ruled that some articles of the electoral law were unconstitutional, as it was possible for political parties to nominate candidates for the third of the seats that the constitution allowed independent candidates. This violated the equality of choice. Thus, the composition of the entire lower chamber was illegal and new elections were necessary.

In the period that followed, new elections were repeatedly announced, but repeatedly postponed. Only after the adoption of the 2014 constitution did elections for the now so-called House of Representatives take place in late 2015 .

See also

• Political system of Egypt
• List of political parties in Egypt

literature

• Reiner Biegel: The 2000 parliamentary elections in Egypt. Pyrrhic victory of the ruling party turns into defeat. In: KAS foreign information 1/01. Pp. 4-34.

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ heute.de January 10, 2016 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ Parliament in Egypt dissolved - Desperate fight against chaos Süddeutsche.de of June 15, 2012 (accessed on July 7, 2013)

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