Egypt
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Hanafy
Gibaly
(Male)
Year of birth
1949
Additional information
Elected on 12 Jan. 2021.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Ahmed
Manna
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 17 Jan. 2021.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Fatma Ahmed Mohsen Mubarak (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
82
Oldest member
Farida Ahmed Taher Malak (Female)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 14 | 110 | 71 | 81 | 193 | 102 | 18 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 195 | Total >= 46: 397 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 3 | 72 | 51 | 60 | 147 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 428 |
| Female | 0 | 11 | 38 | 20 | 21 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 164 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Notes
Over 4,000 candidates for the 284 seats filled under the majority system, and over 1,100 for the 284 seats filled under the proportional representation system.
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
417
Number of women elected
148
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
26.06%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
In July 2021, Parliament corrected the number of members as at January 2021 as follows.
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex as at 17 January 2021:
As at 17 January 2021, there were a total of 593 (not 591) members of whom 162 were women;
- 148 women directly elected out of 565 (not 564) directly elected members with three vacancies*;
- 14 women appointed by the President out of 28 (not 27) members.
* Election was not held in one constituency and two male members had passed away before January 2021.
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex as at 11 July 2021:
- Two women (one from the New Wafd Party the other from the Homeland Defenders Party) filled the vacancies of the two directly elected seats in February and March 2021 bringing the total number of women to 164.
- As at 11 July 2021, there were 592 members of whom 164 were women.
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex as at 17 January 2021:
As at 17 January 2021, there were a total of 593 (not 591) members of whom 162 were women;
- 148 women directly elected out of 565 (not 564) directly elected members with three vacancies*;
- 14 women appointed by the President out of 28 (not 27) members.
* Election was not held in one constituency and two male members had passed away before January 2021.
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex as at 11 July 2021:
- Two women (one from the New Wafd Party the other from the Homeland Defenders Party) filled the vacancies of the two directly elected seats in February and March 2021 bringing the total number of women to 164.
- As at 11 July 2021, there were 592 members of whom 164 were women.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
148
Women Appointed
14
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
431
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
162
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Hanafy Ali
El Gebali
(Male)
Date of election
12.01.2021
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1956
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Restricted
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Until 1979, men were automatically put on the electoral list, while women were only included on demand
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1979
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1956
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1957