Vice President of Egypt

Vice President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Arms of the Government
Appointer	President of Egypt
Formation	7 March 1958
First holder	Sabri al-Asali Akram al-Hawrani Abdel Latif Boghdadi Abdel Hakim Amer
Final holder	Mahmoud Mekki Mohamed ElBaradei (Acting)
Abolished	26 December 2012 18 January 2014 (Acting)

The Vice President of the Arab Republic of Egypt was a senior official within the Egyptian government.

History of the office

Under the 1971 Constitution

According to article 139 of the 1971 Constitution, the President of Egypt "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 gives 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.^[1]

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.^[2][3] He was sworn in on 14 July.^[4] 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,^[5] ElBaradei resigned as Acting Vice President.^[6]

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 finally abolished with the adoption of the 2014 Constitution.

List of Vice Presidents

This list contains Vice Presidents of United Arab Republic (1958–1971, included Syria until 1961) and Arab Republic of Egypt (1971–present).

#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party		President
1	Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي		1903–1976	7 March 1958	7 October 1958		National Party	Gamal Abdel Nasser
	Akram al-Hawrani أكرم الحوراني		1912–1996	7 March 1958	19 September 1960		Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	Gamal Abdel Nasser
	Abdel Latif Boghdadi عبد اللطيف البغدادي		1917–1999	7 March 1958	1 December 1962		National Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
				1 December 1962	23 March 1964		Arab Socialist Union
	Abdel Hakim Amer محمد عبد الحكيم عامر		1919–1967	7 March 1958	1 December 1962		National Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
				1 December 1962	30 September 1965		Arab Socialist Union
5	Nur al-Din Kahala نور الدين كحالة		1910–	20 September 1960	18 October 1961		National Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
6	Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj عبد الحميد السراج		1925–2013	16 August 1961	18 October 1961		National Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
	Kamal el-Din Hussein كمال الدين حسين		1921–1999	16 August 1961	1 December 1962		National Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
				1 December 1962	23 March 1964		Arab Socialist Union
	Zakaria Mohieddin زكريا محيى الدين		1918–2012	16 August 1961	1 December 1962		National Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
				1 December 1962	23 March 1964		Arab Socialist Union
	Hussein el-Shafei حسين محمود حسن الشافعي		1918–2005	16 August 1961	1 December 1962		National Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
				1 December 1962	30 September 1965		Arab Socialist Union
10	Anwar Sadat أنور السادات		1918–1981	17 February 1964	26 March 1964		Arab Socialist Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
	Hassan Ibrahim حسن ابراهيم		1917–1990	17 February 1964	27 January 1966		Arab Socialist Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
(6)	Zakaria Mohieddin زكريا محيى الدين		1918–2012	1 October 1965	20 March 1968		Arab Socialist Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
12	Ali Sabri على صبرى		1920–1991	1 October 1965	20 March 1968		Arab Socialist Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
(6)	Hussein el-Shafei حسين محمود حسن الشافعي		1918–2005	20 March 1968	16 January 1973		Arab Socialist Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser Anwar Sadat
(10)	Anwar Sadat أنور السادات		1918–1981	19 December 1969	14 October 1970		Arab Socialist Union	Gamal Abdel Nasser
13	Ali Sabri على صبرى		1920–1991	30 October 1970	2 May 1971		Arab Socialist Union	Anwar Sadat
Vacant (2 May 1971–16 January 1972)
14	Mahmoud Fawzi محمود فوزى		1900–1981	16 January 1972	18 September 1974		Arab Socialist Union	Anwar Sadat
Vacant (18 September 1974–16 April 1975)
15	Hosni Mubarak حسنى مبارك		1928–	16 April 1975	2 October 1978		Arab Socialist Union	Anwar Sadat
				2 October 1978	14 October 1981		National Democratic Party
Vacant (14 October 1981–29 January 2011)
16	Omar Suleiman عمر سليمان		1936–2012	29 January 2011	11 February 2011		Independent	Hosni Mubarak
Vacant (11 February 2011–12 August 2012)
17	Mahmoud Mekki محمود مكي		1954–	12 August 2012	22 December 2012		Independent	Mohamed Morsi
Vacant (22 December 2012–26 December 2012)
Post abolished (26 December 2012–14 July 2013)
—	Mohamed ElBaradei محمد البرادعي (acting)		1942–	14 July 2013	14 August 2013		Constitution Party	Adly Mansour
Vacant (14 August 2013–18 January 2014)
Post abolished (18 January 2014–Present)

References

1. Shalaby,Ethar (3 December 2012). "VP not to continue according to new constitution". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
2. "Egyptian interim president nominates two for leadership posts". Retrieved 7 July 2013.
3. "Egypt’s Salafist party rejects choices for premier, vice-president". Al Arabiya. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
4. Aya Batrawy, "Egypt's defense minister defends ousting president", Associated Press, 14 July 2013.
5. "Egyptian security forces storm protesters’ camps". Washington Post. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
6. "Egypt's VP Mohamed ElBaradei resigns in protest against crackdown". Los Angeles Times. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

• El-Gawady, Mohamed:Cabinets during period of Revolution (1986)
• Hafez, Salah: Democracy Shock (2001)

External links

• http://nasser.bibalex.org/Days/DaysAll.aspx?CS=1&x=5