Egypt President

Crowd Ransacks Candidate's Office

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.28.2012

CAIRO -- The Muslim Brotherhood is scrambling to broaden its appeal to liberals, leftists and Christians after official results Monday showed that the...

Don't Hold Your Breath for Egypt's Presidential Election

Sara Khorshid | Posted 05.24.2012

Sara Khorshid

In democracies, voters know what the president's formal, constitutional powers are. And they know for certain. But in Egypt Egyptians will go to vote with no knowledge of what authorities will be vested in the president.

'No One Can Now Take This Right Away'

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.25.2012

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood quickly staked a claim Thursday for its candidate to advance to a runoff vote, saying its exit polls showed him l...

'We Want A Flawless President'

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 05.24.2012

CAIRO -- Egyptians say they want their next leader to be honorable, smart, a knight, a man with a heart, a military man, a religious man, one who goes...

TIMELINE: How Egypt Arrived At Historic Elections

Posted 05.23.2012

Nearly a year after the fall of dictator Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians cast their votes on Wednesday in the country's first free presidential elections. "W...

Egypt Set For First Post-Mubarak Presidential Election

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.21.2012

CAIRO — Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president. The...

A Guide To Egypt's Pre-Election Violence

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 05.02.2012

CAIRO — Questions and answers about Wednesday's violence in Cairo, in which at least 11 people were killed in clashes between suspected supporte...

Disqualified Presidential Front-Runners Appeal Ban

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 04.17.2012

CAIRO — Egypt's ruling military has inserted a new element of confusion even as Egypt tries to sort out turmoil surrounding its upcoming preside...

Muslim Brotherhood Announces Presidential Candidate

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 04.02.2012

CAIRO -- The fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood named its chief strategist and financier as a candidate for president on Saturday, a surprising reversa...

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Mulls Run For Presidency

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.22.2012

CAIRO -- The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful political group, said Wednesday it is considering running its own candidate in upcoming preside...

Egypt Will Hold Presidential Election In May

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2012

CAIRO, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Egypt's presidential election will be held over two days starting May 23, the state election committee said on Wednesday, ...

Egypt Mulls Earlier Presidential Vote

Reuters | Posted 03.31.2012

* Judicial committee overseeing race meets next week * Advisory council meets over two days * Tantawi, speaker of parlia...

Egypt's Mubarak Back On Trial

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 02.26.2012

CAIRO — The trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed Wednesday after a 3-month break, with the ousted Egyptian leader returning to the metal defendants' c...

Egypt Elections: What You Need To Know

Posted 11.27.2011

On Monday, Egypt will begin a long, complicated process of elections to choose the country's first democratically chosen government. Over the course o...

Egypt Opposition Leader ElBaradei May Not Run For President

AP | By SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 08.12.2011

CAIRO -- Egyptian pro-democracy campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei said in a televised interview aired Sunday he is not sure he will run for president, beca...

Is Mubarak's Health Failing?

Reuters | Andrew Hammond | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO (Reuters) - The health of former Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak is deteriorating and he has refused to travel abroad for treatment, the Saudi-ow...

Egyptian Presidency Website Gets New Look

Posted 05.25.2011

The official website of the Egyptian presidency has been given a facelift in light of recent developments. The adjustments were made swiftly, as Egyp...

What You Need To Know About Egypt's President

Posted 05.25.2011

Pressure is mounting for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak due to widespread protests, and some are even calling for him to step down. The Egypt pro...

Mohamed ElBaradei's Egypt Return: Supporters Welcome Him, Hope For Mubarak Challenge

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Hundreds of supporters greeted former U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei at the airport upon return to his native Egypt on Friday, sin...