Speaker of the House of Representatives (Egypt)

Speaker of the House of Representatives (Egypt)
since 12 January 2021
StyleHis Excellency
Mr. Speaker
NominatorHouse of Representatives (Egypt)
AppointerHouse members
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderAbdel Latif Boghdadi
Formation22 July 1957
WebsiteEPA
Politics of Egypt

African Union Member State of the African Union
Arab League Member State of the Arab League

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The speaker of the House of Representatives (Arabic: رئيس مجلس النواب) presides over the sessions of the House of Representatives of Egypt with functions similar to that of a speaker in other countries. In case of the vacancy of the presidential office or the permanent incapacitation of the president, the speaker of the People's Assembly shall temporarily assume the presidency for a maximum period of 60 days.[1] Following the 2011 Egyptian revolution and the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and arrest of Speaker of the Assembly Ahmad Fathi Sorour, one of the leaders of the National Democratic Party, Parliament was temporarily dissolved. Following the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election, Dr. Mohamed Saad El-Katatny was elected as speaker by 399 out of 503 of his fellow members of parliament on the opening session of the new parliament on 23 January 2012, almost a year after the outbreak of the revolution. However, the Supreme Constitutional Court invalidated the elections of the House of Representatives, claiming that members of the Muslim Brotherhood ran as independents and that their elections were not valid, thus ordering the lower house to be dissolved.[2]

  1. ^ مهام مجلس الشعب (in Arabic). Aswatmasr.com. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  2. ^ "Dissolution of People's Assembly deals blow to Egypt's Brotherhood". english.ahram.org.eg. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2013-07-03.