The speaker of the House of Representatives ( ar, رئيس مجلس النواب) presides over the sessions of the
House of Representatives of Egypt with functions similar to that of a
speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
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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.
Following the
2011 Egyptian revolution
The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...
and the ouster of President
Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.
Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in ...
and arrest of Speaker of the Assembly
Ahmad Fathi Sorour
Ahmad Fathi Sorour (born 9 July 1932) is an Egyptian politician who was the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt from 1990 until the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Previously he served in the government as Minister of Education from 1986 to ...
, one of the leaders of the
National Democratic Party, Parliament was temporarily dissolved. Following the
2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt from 28 November 2011 to 11 January 2012, following the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, after which the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) dissolved Parliament. However the diss ...
,
Dr. Mohamed Saad El-Katatny was elected as speaker by 399 out of 503 of his fellow
members of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
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.
Powers
The speaker 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.
Deputy speakers
The speaker of the Assembly of People's has several deputies, the Deputy Speakers of the assembly who are supplied by the other parliamentary groups. The number of deputy speakers is two.
See also
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List of speakers of the House of Representatives (Egypt)
The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt is the presiding officer of that body. From the creation of the Shura Council in 1980 until its abolition in 2014, the House of Representatives was the lower house of the Parliament of Egypt. ...
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Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
House of Representatives (Egypt)