Secretary General of the Rerearsh institute of ophtalmology(Sayed Ali Hussein)
Constitutional Framework
Egyptian Constitution
Chapter 5 Government System
Section II
The Government
Article 153 - The Government shall be the supreme executive and administrative organ of the State. It shall be composed of the Prime Minister, his Deputies, the Ministers and their Deputies. The Prime Minister shall supervise the work of the Government.
Article 154 - Whoever is appointed Minister or Deputy Minister must be an Egyptian, no less than 35 Gregorian years of age, and enjoying full civil and political rights.
Article 155 - Before exercising their functions, the members of the cabinet shall take the following oath before the President of the Republic:
" I swear by Almighty God to uphold the Republican system with loyalty, to respect the Constitution and the law to look after the interests of the People in full and to safeguard the independence and territorial integrity of the motherland."
Article 156 - The Cabinet shall exercise in particular the following functions:-
a) Laying down the general policy of the State in collaboration with the President of the Republic and controlling its implementation in accordance with the laws and republican decrees.
b) Directing, co-ordinating and following up the work of the ministries and their different administrations as well as public organizations and institutions.
c) Issuing administrative and executive decisions in accordance with the laws and decrees and supervising their implementation.
d) Preparing draft laws and decrees.
e) Preparing the draft of the general budget of the State.
f) Preparing the draft of the State’s overall plan.
g) Contracting and granting loans in accordance with the rules of the Constitution.
h) Supervising the implementation of law, maintaining State security and protecting the rights of the citizens and the interests of the State .
Article 157 - The Minister shall be the administrative supreme chief of his ministry. He shall undertake the laying down of the Ministry’s policy within the limits of the State’s General Policy and shall undertake its implementation .
Article 158 - During the term of his office, the Minister shall not practise any free profession, a commercial, or financial or industrial occupation, buy or rent any State property or lease or sell to or barter with the State any of his own property .
Article 159 - The President of the Republic and the People’s Assembly shall have the right to bring a Minister to trial for crimes committed by him in the performance of his duties or due to them . The decision of the People’s Assembly to charge a Minister shall be adopted upon a proposal submitted by at least one-fifth of its members . No indictment shall be issued except by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Assembly .
Article 160 - Any minister indicted shall be suspended from his duties until his case is decided . The termination of his services shall not prevent legal action being taken or pursued against him . The trial of minister, the procedures and guarantees of the trial, and the indictment shall be in accordance with the manner prescribed by the law .
These rules shall be applicable to Deputy Ministers
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