Appointer President of Egypt | ||
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Formation 7 March 1958
14 July 2013 First holder Sabri al-Asali
Akram al-Hawrani
Abdel Latif Boghdadi
Abdel Hakim Amer Final holder Mahmoud Mekki
Mohamed ElBaradei (Interim) Abolished 26 December 2012
18 January 2014 (Interim) | ||
The Vice-President of the Arab Republic of Egypt was a senior official within the Egyptian government.
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Before 1971
In 1962, President Gamal Abdel Nasser instituted collective leadership in Egypt, separating the post of Prime Minister from that of President and establishing a presidential council to deal with all issues formerly considered presidential prerogatives. Five of the council's 11 members were Vice-Presidents of Egypt.
Under the 1971 Constitution
According to article 139 of the 1971 Constitution, the President "may appoint one or more Vice-Presidents define their jurisdiction and relieve them of their posts. The rules relating to the calling to account of the President of the Republic shall be applicable to the Vice-Presidents." The Constitution gave broad authority to the President to determine the number of Vice-Presidents, as well as their appointment, dismissal and duties of office.
Under the 2012 Constitution
The 2012 Constitution does not include the position of Vice-President.
With the adoption of the 2012 Constitution on 26 December 2012, the office of Vice-President was abolished. Mahmoud Mekki was the last person to hold the office before the adoption of the 2012 Constitution, having resigned on 22 December 2012.
2013 coup d'état
After the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi in the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, the position of the Vice-President was briefly restored by Acting President Adly Mansour, who appointed Mohamed ElBaradei to the post of Acting Vice-President on 7 July 2013. He was sworn in on 14 July. On 14 August 2013, following a violent crackdown by security forces on supporters of deposed President Morsi, in which more than 800 people were killed, ElBaradei resigned as Acting Vice President.
Under the 2014 Constitution
Much like the 2012 Constitution, the 2014 Constitution does not include the position of Vice-President.
With the adoption of the 2014 Constitution, the office of Vice-President was abolished again. Mohamed ElBaradei was the last person to hold the office until he resigned on 14 August 2013, leaving the post vacant until it was abolished.
List
This list contains Vice-Presidents of United Arab Republic (1958–71, included Syria until 1961) and Arab Republic of Egypt (1971–present).