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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.
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| National Assembly | ||||||
| 1 |  | Abdel Latif Boghdadi | 22 July 1957 | 4 July 1958 (resigned) | 347 days | Military / Liberation Rally |
| Vacant (4 July 1958 – 21 July 1960) | ||||||
| 2 |  | Anwar Sadat | 21 July 1960 | 20 January 1969 | 8 years, 182 days | National Union (until December 1962) |
| Arab Socialist Union | ||||||
| 3 |  | Dr. Mohamed Labib Shokeir | 20 January 1969 | 14 May 1971 | 2 years, 115 days | Arab Socialist Union |
| People's Assembly of Egypt | ||||||
| 4 | | Hafez Badawi | 14 May 1971 | 22 October 1974 | 3 years, 160 dayd | Arab Socialist Union |
| 5 |  | Sayed Marei | 22 October 1974 | 3 November 1978 | 4 years, 12 days | Arab Socialist Union (until 2 October 1978) |
| National Democratic Party | ||||||
| 6 |  | Sufi Abu Taleb | 3 November 1978 | 4 November 1983 | 5 years, 1 day | National Democratic Party |
| 7 | | Mohamed Kamel Leilah | 4 November 1983 | 22 June 1984 | 231 days | National Democratic Party |
| 8 | | Rifaat el-Mahgoub | 22 June 1984 | 12 October 1990 (assassinated) | 6 years, 111 days | National Democratic Party |
| Vacant (12 October 1990 – 13 December 1990) | ||||||
| 9 |  | Ahmad Fathi Sorour | 13 December 1990 | 13 February 2011 (deposed) | 20 years, 60 days | National Democratic Party |
| Vacant (13 February 2011 – 23 January 2012) | ||||||
| 10 |  | Saad El-Katatni | 23 January 2012 | 22 September 2012 (dissolved) | 243 days | Freedom and Justice Party |
| Vacant (22 September 2012 – 10 January 2016) | ||||||
| House of Representatives | ||||||
| 11 |  | Ali Abdel Aal | 10 January 2016 | 12 January 2021 | 5 years | For the Love of Egypt |
| 12 |  | Hanafy El Gebaly | 12 January 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 150 days | Nation's Future Party |
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