List of speakers of the House of Representatives (Egypt)

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt is the presiding officer of that body. From the creation of the Shura Council in 1980 until its abolition in 2014, the House of Representatives was the lower house of the Parliament of Egypt.

List of officeholders

No.PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
National Assembly
1 Boghdadi, 1958.jpg Abdel Latif Boghdadi 22 July 19574 July 1958
(resigned)
347 days Military / Liberation Rally
Vacant (4 July 1958 – 21 July 1960)
2 Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg Anwar Sadat 21 July 196020 January 19698 years,

182 days

National Union
(until December 1962)
Arab Socialist Union
3 No image.png Dr. Mohamed Labib Shokeir 20 January 196914 May 19712 years,

115 days

Arab Socialist Union
People's Assembly of Egypt
4 No image.png Hafez Badawi 14 May 197122 October 19743 years,

160 dayd

Arab Socialist Union
5 Sayed Marie.jpg Sayed Marei 22 October 19743 November 19784 years,

12 days

Arab Socialist Union
(until 2 October 1978)
National Democratic Party
6 Sufi Abu Taleb.gif Sufi Abu Taleb 3 November 19784 November 19835 years,

1 day

National Democratic Party
7 No image.png Mohamed Kamel Leilah 4 November 198322 June 1984231 days National Democratic Party
8 No image.png Rifaat el-Mahgoub 22 June 198412 October 1990
(assassinated)
6 years,

111 days

National Democratic Party
Vacant (12 October 1990 – 13 December 1990)
9 Ahmad Fathi Sorour.jpg Ahmad Fathi Sorour 13 December 199013 February 2011
(deposed)
20 years,

60 days

National Democratic Party
Vacant (13 February 2011 – 23 January 2012)
10 Dr saad Katatni 001.jpeg Saad El-Katatni 23 January 201222 September 2012
(dissolved)
243 days Freedom and Justice Party
Vacant (22 September 2012 – 10 January 2016)
House of Representatives
11 `ly `bd l`l.png Ali Abdel Aal 10 January 201612 January 20215 years For the Love of Egypt
12 Hanafy El Gebaly (2021) (cropped).jpg Hanafy El Gebaly 12 January 2021Incumbent3 years, 150 days Nation's Future Party

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