Ismail Pasha25 November 1866
Establishes the consultative Assembly of Delegates, giving provincial representatives a limited role in government.
Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Establishes the consultative Assembly of Delegates, giving provincial representatives a limited role in government.
Promulgates a constitution establishing a hereditary constitutional monarchy and elected Parliament.
Dissolves Parliament and governs without the elected chamber during a constitutional crisis.
Wins approval for a new republican constitution establishing a strong presidential system.
Promulgates the republican constitution after its approval in a national referendum.
Promulgates a new constitution and changes the country's official name to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Maintains the constitutional system in which Parliament nominates a single presidential candidate for referendum.
Proposes amending the constitution to permit a presidential election with multiple candidates.
Oversees Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential election under institutions controlled by the ruling establishment.
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