Egypt

Senate

Political system: Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament: Bicameral
IPU membership: Yes

About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Chamber name: Majlis Al-Shiyoukh (Senate)
Structure & status of parliament: Upper chamber
Parliamentary term (years): 5

IPU membership

Affiliation periods: from 1924 to 2012
from 2016
IPU Geopolitical Group/s: African Group

Arab group

Notes: Geopolitical group affiliation in case of elections: Arab group

Speaker

Official title: Speaker of the Senate
Speaker: Abdel Wahab Abdel Razeq (Male)
Date of birth: 1948
Term: 18 Oct 2020
Additional information: Elected on 18 Oct. 2020.

Speaker terms

No information available

Secretary general

Official title: Secretary General
Secretary General: Mahmoud Ismail Etman (Male)
Term: 18 Oct 2020
Notes: Appointed on 18 Oct. 2020.

Members

Statutory number of members: 300
Principal mode of designation of members: Directly elected
Directly elected members: 200
Appointed members: 100
Current number of members: 299
Men: 258
Women: 41
Percentage of women: 13.7%
Statutory number of members per country: 896
Population (in thousands): 114,536
Inhabitants per parliamentarian: 127,830

Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

Average age of all members: No information available

Number of members, by age

Breakdown of members by age and gender
	18 - 20	46 - 50
Male	No information available
Female	No information available
	Total <= 45: -	Total >= 46: -

Percentage of members, by age
Age at the last election or renewal	Overall	Male	Female
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger	-	-	-
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger	-	-	-
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger	-	-	-

Members for whom data is available: No information available

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups: Yes

Notes: At least 10% of the Senate membership should be women in accordance with Article 1 of Law No. 141 of July 2020 (Law No. 141 of 2020 Issuing the Senate Law) which stipulates “The Senate shall be formed of 300 members; two thirds of its members shall be elected by direct secret ballot; the President shall appoint the remaining third, provided that at least 10% of the total number of seats shall be dedicated to women.”
Women: 30
Electoral quota for women: Yes

Notes:
At least 10% of the Senate membership should be women in accordance with Article 1 of Law No. 141 of July 2020 (Law No. 141 of 2020 Issuing the Senate Law) which stipulates “The Senate shall be formed of 300 members; two thirds of its members shall be elected by direct secret ballot; the President shall appoint the remaining third, provided that at least 10% of the total number of seats shall be dedicated to women.”

Article 4 of the same law stipulates “Every list of 15 seats shall include at least three women, while every list of 35 seats shall include at least seven women” and “Any list not fulfilling any of the conditions and provisions […] shall not be accepted”.

Sources:
https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas-database/country?country=66

Articles 1 and 4 of the Law No. 141 of 2020 Issuing the Senate Law
Youth quota: No

Links to additional information

Parliamentary website: No information available
List of members: No information available
Rules of procedure/Standing Orders: No information available
Constitution: No information available

Updated at	Structure of parliament
2020-08	Bicameral
-	Unicameral

Updated at	Men
2023-12	258
2022-12	259
2020-10	260

Updated at	Percentage of women
2023-12	13.7%
2022-12	13.7%
2020-10	13.3%

Updated at	Population (in thousands)
2023-01	114,536
2022-01	112,618
2021-01	110,957
2015-01	93,778
2014-01	91,813
2013-01	89,807
2012-01	87,813
2011-01	85,898
2010-01	84,108
2009-01	82,465
2008-01	80,954
2007-01	79,537
2006-01	78,159
2005-01	76,778
2004-01	75,382
2003-01	73,982
2002-01	72,590
2001-01	71,227
2000-01	69,906
1999-01	68,627
1998-01	67,378
1997-01	66,151
1996-01	64,933
1995-01	63,714
1994-01	62,496
1993-01	61,276
1992-01	60,036
1991-01	58,752
1990-01	57,412
1989-01	56,007
1988-01	54,547
1987-01	53,066
1986-01	51,608
1985-01	50,205
1984-01	48,869
1983-01	47,595
1982-01	46,380
1981-01	45,217
1980-01	44,099
1979-01	43,028
1978-01	42,005
1977-01	41,026
1976-01	40,089
1975-01	39,188
1974-01	38,322
1973-01	37,488
1972-01	36,674
1971-01	35,863
1970-01	35,046
1969-01	34,217
1968-01	33,377
1967-01	32,534
1966-01	31,698
1965-01	30,876
1964-01	30,071
1963-01	29,281
1962-01	28,506
1961-01	27,745
1960-01	26,997
1959-01	26,263
1958-01	25,545
1957-01	24,848
1956-01	24,173
1955-01	23,523
1954-01	22,902
1953-01	22,309
1952-01	21,747
1951-01	21,215
1950-01	20,713

Updated at	Inhabitants per parliamentarian
2023-01	127,830
2022-01	125,690
2021-01	123,836
2020-08	104,663

Egypt

Senate

About parliament

IPU membership

Speaker

Speaker terms

Secretary general

Members

Age

Number of members, by age

Reserved seats and quotas

Links to additional information

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for Structure of parliament

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for Current number of members

Historical data for Men

Historical data for Women

Historical data for Percentage of women

Historical data for Population (in thousands)

Historical data for Inhabitants per parliamentarian

Historical data for Breakdown of members by age and sex

Historical data for IPU membership
Updated at	IPU membership
2016-01	Yes
2013-01	No
1924-01	Yes