POLI SCI 351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3.3: Kefaya, Government Executive, Presidential System
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Until 2011, egypt was governed by an authoritarian system and a strong executive, with judiciary, parliament and the bureaucratic branches subservient to varying degrees (president is mubarak) Since the uprisings in 2011, egypt now has a new constitution, a new. The shape of the new regime is still unclear. Until 1914, egypt was a province of the ottoman empire. Britain occupied the country in 1882, but didn"t declare a protectorate over it until world war i. 1919 uprising - leaders formed a political party called the wafd and. British ceded limited independence to them so that for the next 30 years, egypt had both monachalial and democratic features - legally an independent state but british continued to play a strong role. Muslim brotherhood - another mass political movement that emerged in the 1930s. 1952: military officers seized power and deposed king and abolished monarchy and military comes into power establishing egypt"s highly centralized presidential system with a single political party.