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Egypt Country Watch (Not Free, Freedom House)

COUNTRY INFORMATION

• Population (July 2006): 78,887,007
• Literacy: 57.7%
• Government Type: Republic
• Suffrage: Universal and Compulsory(18 years of age)
  

• Executive Branch:
  Chief of State: President Hosni Mubarak (since 1981)
  Head of Government: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif
  
  
• Legislative Branch: Bi-Cameral (454 seats; ) 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; members serve six-year terms; mid-term elections for half of the elected members)
  
  
  People's Assembly or Majlis al-Sha'b : (454 seats)
  
  Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (Consultative): (264 seats)
  
  
• Electoral System:
  
  Executive: President elected by popular vote for six-year term (no term limits)
  
  Legislative:
  
  Majlis al-Sha'b : 444 seats elected by popular vote, 10 appointed by the president; members serve five-year terms
  Majlis al-Shura: 176 elected by popular vote, 88 appointed by the president; members serve six-year terms; mid-term elections for half of the elected members
  
  
• Political Parties
  National Democratic Party
  National Progressive Unionist Grouping or Tagammu
  New Wafd Party
  Tomorrow Party
  note: formation of political parties must be approved by the government

Information Provided By : CIA World Fact Book, Egypt

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