House of Representatives
Egypt’s House of Representatives convened its plenary session on Monday, chaired by Counselor Hisham Badawi, with the participation of Speaker of the Libyan Parliament, Counselor Aguila Saleh.
Following the cabinet reshuffle approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Judge Mahmoud Helmy El-Sherif has been appointed Minister of Justice in the government led by Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly.
Egypt weighs rules on children’s phone and social media use after El-Sisi call, as parliament opens talks.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to "effective and fruitful cooperation" with the House of Representatives following the election of Counselor Hesham Badawy as the new Speaker of the House.
The appointments also include 14 women, in compliance with the law requiring that women account for at least 50% of presidential appointees to the House of Representatives.
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to Traffic Law No. 66 of 1973, toughening penalties for specific traffic offenses with deterrent prison sentences and heavy fines.
Voting in the second phase of the 2025 parliamentary elections has kicked off on Monday, in 13 governorates around the country.
The National Elections Authority, headed by Judge Hazem Badawy, will announce the official results for the first phase of the 2025 House of Representatives elections on Tuesday. The results will be published in the Official Gazette on the same day.
NEA: Phase-one voting ran under full judicial oversight; turnout varied by district; logistics scaled and responsive.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Counselor Hanafi El-Gebali, expressed his thanks and appreciation to Minister of Justice Counselor Adnan Fangari.
Spain's King Felipe VI held meetings with Senate Speaker Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek and House of Representatives Speaker Hanafi Gebali during his visit to Cairo on Wednesday.
Under the current law, the House of Representatives comprises 568 elected seats, not including presidential appointees. Regarding the list-based system, there are currently two constituencies with 102 seats each, and two constituencies with 40 seats each. The number of seats allocated for individual candidates stands at 284.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty praised the House of Representatives' Human Rights Committee for supporting citizens through legislative efforts and contributing to Egypt’s human rights progress.
Head of the Human Rights Committee in the House of Representatives, Tarek Radwan, said that Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Badr Abdelatty speech, before the United Nations Human Rights Council was a ‘comprehensive review of the achievements made during the past period, which included many leaps in terms of the human rights file’.
Egypt’s House of Representatives approved, Monday, Article 123 of the draft Criminal Procedures Law, which specifies the periods of pretrial detention, so that it may not exceed four months in the preliminary investigation phase in misdemeanors, and twelve months in felonies.
Egypt’s Senate approved on Monday the draft law on ‘medical liability and patient protection’ during the general session.
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued a decree restructuring the three media regulatory bodies, setting a four-year term for the new boards
This is the first domestic legislation that regulates the affairs of refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt in accordance with international agreements ratified by Egypt, notably the 1951 United Nations Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Members of parliament described the House plenary session in which the new government is expected to discuss its program, Monday as a ‘historical’ one.
Egypt’s new government, headed by Prime Minster Mostafa Madbouly, is expected to present its program to the House of Representatives during the plenary session, Monday, at the Council’s headquarters in the Administrative Capital.
