Head of the Egyptian Parliament Ali Abdel-Aal said on Monday that local elections will be held before the end of 2018 after a 10-year absence of any elections for the local administration authorities. The last local elections in Egypt were held in April 2008. The number of seats in the local councils reached 52,000. “The local elections will be held before the end of this year, after the local administration committee completed the local administration bill. Egypt’s local councils members are appointed directly by the government to a four-year term; these members act as supervisors who are assigned to follow up and monitor the services level provided to citizens in all the country’s governorates.

Source: Egypt Independent May 09, 2018 14:48 UTC