Egypt
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Hanafy Ali
El Gebali
(Male)
Year of birth
1949
Additional information
Elected on 12 Jan. 2021.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Mahmoud
Fawzi
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 Oct. 2019.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
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See historical data for this field.
Women
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Age
Average age of all members
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Hassan Hassanein (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
79
Oldest member
Dr. Bahaa Ahu Shaka (Male)
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
467
Total per sex
Total of male
505
Total of female
90
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
6
31-40
64
41-45
58
46-50
94
51-60
210
61-70
139
71-80
24
81-90
0
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 | |
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Totals per age interval | 0 | 6 | 64 | 58 | 94 | 210 | 139 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 128 | Total >= 46: 467 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 4 | 50 | 45 | 75 | 188 | 123 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 505 |
Female | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
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