Ägypten Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Cairo
geographische Koordinaten: 30 03 N, 31 15 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Friday in April; ends last Thursday in September

Unabhängigkeit

28 Februar 1922 (from UK)

Nationalfeiertag

Tag der Befreiung, 23 Juli (1952)

Konstitution

11 September 1971; amended 22 Mai 1980, 25 Mai 2005, and 26 März 2007

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal und obligatorisch

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK (seit dem 14 October 1981)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Ahmed Mohamed NAZIF (seit dem 9 July 2004)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president
elections: president elected by popular vote for six-year term (no term limits); note - a national referendum in May 2005 approved a constitutional amendment that changed the presidential election to a multicandidate popular vote; previously the president was nominated by the People's Assembly and the nomination was validated by a national, popular referendum; last referendum held 26 September 1999; first election under terms of constitutional amendment held 7 September 2005; next election scheduled for 2011
election results: Hosni MUBARAK reelected president; percent of vote - Hosni MUBARAK 88.6%, Ayman NOUR 7.6%, Noman GOMAA 2.9%