Egitto Governo Profilo 2008

Capitale

nome: Cairo
coordinate geografiche: 30 03 N, 31 15 E
differenza di tempo: 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

Indipendenza

28 Febbraio 1922 (from UK)

Festa nazionale

Giorno Di Rivoluzione, 23 Luglio (1952)

Costituzione

11 Settembre 1971; amended 22 Maggio 1980, 25 Maggio 2005, and 26 Marzo 2007

Suffragio

18 anni; universal ed obbligatorio

Ramo esecutivo

capo dello stato: Presidente Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK (da allora 14 October 1981)
capo di governo: Prime Minister Ahmed Mohamed NAZIF (da allora 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%