Egypt
Country in northeast Africa, bounded to the north by the Mediterranean
Sea; east by the Palestinian- controlled Gaza Strip, Israel, and the
Red Sea; south by Sudan; and west by Libya.
Government
The 1971 constitution provides for a single-chamber people's assembly
of 454, ten nominated by the president and 444 elected (400 from party
lists and 44 as independents) by 222 constituencies. The assembly serves
a five-year term. The president is nominated by the assembly and then
elected by popular referendum for a six-year renewable term. The president
appoints at least one vice president and a council of ministers, headed
by a prime minister. There is also a 258-member consultative council
(Majlis ash-Shura), partly elected and partly appointed, with advisory
powers.
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