Government1 (Egypt)
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       President:
         last held 5 October 1987 (next to be held October 1993); results - President
         Hosni MUBARAK was reelected
     Communists:
         about 500 party members
     Other political or pressure groups:
         Islamic groups are illegal, but the largest one, the Muslim Brotherhood, is
         tolerated by the government; trade unions and professional associations are
         officially sanctioned
     Member of:
         ACC, ACCT (associate), AfDB, AFESD, AG (observer), AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, EBRD,
         ECA, ESCWA, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, IDA,
         IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM
         (observer), ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OAU, OIC, PCA, UN,
         UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNRWA, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador El Sayed Abdel Raouf EL REEDY; Chancery at 2310 Decatur Place NW,
         Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 232-5400; there are Egyptian
         Consulates General in Chicago, Houston, New York, and San Francisco
       US:
         Ambassador Robert PELLETREAU; Embassy at Lazougi Street, Garden City, Cairo
         (mailing address is APO AE 09839); telephone [20] (2) 355-7371; FAX [20] (2)
         355-7375; there is a US Consulate General in Alexandria
     Flag:
         three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with the
         national emblem (a shield superimposed on a golden eagle facing the hoist
         side above a scroll bearing the name of the country in Arabic) centered in
         the white band; similar to the flag of Yemen, which has a plain white band;
         also similar to the flag of Syria that has two green stars and to the flag
         of Iraq, which has three green stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a
         horizontal line centered in the white band