Speaker of the House of Representatives (Egypt)
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Egypt) | |
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Incumbent vacant | |
Style |
His Excellency Mr. Speaker |
Nominator | House of Representatives (Egypt) |
Appointer | House members |
Term length | 4 years |
Inaugural holder | Abdel Latif Boghdadi |
Formation | 22 July 1957 |
Website | EPA |
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الشعب) presides over the sessions of the House of Representatives of Egypt with functions similar to that of a speaker in other countries. In the Egypt order of precedence, his office is ranked second after the President and in case of the absence of the president he occupies his position for 60 days.[1] Following the 2011 Egyptian revolution and the ouster of ex-president Hosni Mubarak and arrest of ex-speaker of the assembly Ahmad Fathi Sorour, one of the leaders of the NDP, Parliament was temporarily dissolved. Following the 2011-2012 Egyptian parliamentary elections, speaker Dr. Mohamed Saad El-Katatny was elected by 399 out of 503 of his fellow MPs 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 Brotherhood members ran as independents and that their elections were not valid, thus ordering the lower house to be dissolved.[2]
The powers
The president of the House of Representatives puts the plan of activities of the assembly and its committees with his two deputies, and he represents the assembly in the international conferences .
Vice Presidents
The President of the Assembly of People's has several deputies, the Vice Presidents of the assembly who are supplied by the other parliamentary groups. The number of vice presidents is two .
See also
- List of Speakers of the People's Assembly of Egypt
References
- ↑ مهام مجلس الشعب (in Arabic). Aswatmasr.com. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ↑ "Dissolution of People's Assembly deals blow to Egypt’s Brotherhood". english.ahram.org.eg. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2013-07-03.