Presidential spokesman Ihab Badawi announced on Sunday afternoon the names of the 50 member-committee tasked with amending the suspended 2012 constitution.
Below is the 50 members of the committee commissoned with draft the amended version of the 2012 constitution:
- Diaa Rashwan (journalists): Head of Egypt’s Syndicate of Journalists and Head of Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
- Mona Zul-Fekar (human rights): A lawyer and Deputy Head of the National Council for Human Rights.
- Mohamed Magd El-Deen (armed forces): Vice president of the military judiciary.
- El-Sayed Badawi (liberal parties): A prominent businessman and Head of the liberal Wafd Party.
- Mohamed Abul-Ghar (liberal parties): Head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and co-founder of the National Salvation Front.
- Gaber Nassar (public figures): Law professor and Head of Cairo University.
- Mohamed Salmawy (writers): Head of Egypt’s Writers Union.
- Bassam El-Zarqa (Islamist currents): Deputy Head of the Salafist Nour Party.
- Amr Moussa (public figures): Head of the liberal Conference Party and co-founder of the National Salvation Front.
- Sameh Ashour (lawyers): Head of the Lawyers’ Syndicate, Head of the Nasserist Party, and co-founder of the National Salvation Front.
- Shawky Allam (Al-Azhar): Egypt’s Grand Mufti.
- Bishop Paula (Coptic Church): Bishop of the city of Tanta and Head of the Coptic Orthodox Council for Marital Affairs.
- Mervat El-Talawy (National Council for Women): Head of the National Council for Women.
- Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (youth movement): Founding member of Tamarod Campaign and member of the Nasserist Popular Current.
- Ahmed Eid (youth movement): Founding member of the 30 June Front.
- Mahmoud Badr (youth movement): Founding member of Tamarod Campaign.
- Amr Salah (youth movement): Founding member of the 30 June Front.
- Mohamed Abla (artists): A prominent painter.
- Sayed Hegab (High Council for Culture): A prominent poet.
- Khaled Youssef (artists): A prominent filmmaker and member of the Nasserist Popular Current.
- Gebali El-Maraghi (workers): Head of Egypt’s Trade Unions Federation.
- Ahmed Khairy (workers): Head of the National Federation of Egypt’s Workers.
- Mohamed Abdel-Kader (famers): Head of Farmers’ Syndicate.
- Mamdouh Hamada (farmers): Head of Egypt’s Farmers Co-operatives Union.
- Khairy Abdel-Dayem (doctors): Head of Doctors’ Syndicate.
- Osama Shawky (engineers): Head of Cairo’s branch of Engineers’ Syndicate.
- Elhamy El-Zayat (tourism chambers): Head of Union of Tourism Chambers.
- Abla Mohie El-Din (industrial chambers): Consultant for the Ministry of the Industry.
- Ahmed El-Wakil (chambers of commerce): Head of Union of Commerce Chambers.
- Mostafa Badran (students): Head of Egypt’s University Students Union.
- Talaat Abdel-Kawy (non-governmental organizations): Head of General Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations.
- Azza El-Ashmawy (National Council for Childhood and Motherhood): Director of the Anti-Trafficking Unit at the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood.
- Ahmed Mohamadein (Supreme Council for Universities): Head of Suez Canal University.
- Hossam El-Massah (special needs): National Council for Special Needs.
- Ali Mohamed Abdel-Moula (Ministry of Interior): Interior Minister’sAssistant for Legal Affairs.
- Kamal El-Helbawy (Islamist currents): A prominent Islamist thinker and writer and ex-leading Brotherhood figure.
- Hussein Abdel-Razek (leftist current): Deputy Head of the leftist Tagammu Party.
- Mohamed Sami (nationalist current): Head of the Nasserist Karama Party.
- Magdi Yacoub (public figure): A world renowned heart surgeon and founder of the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation.
- Abdel-Gelil Mostafa (public figure): A leading member of the liberal Constitution Party and a Co-founder of the National Salvation Front.
- Amr El-Shobaky (public figure): A prominent political analyst and head of the Arab-European Unit at Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic studies.
- Saad El-Din El-Helali (public figure): Comparative Jurisprudence professor at the Azhar University.
- Hoda El-Sada (public figure): Literature Professor at the Cairo University.
- Mohamed Ghoneim (public figure): Co-founder of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party; a renowned Urology professor.
- Hagag Adol (public figure – Nubian): A writer.
- Mossad Abou-Fagr (public figure – Sinai): Writer and activist.
- Mohamed Abdel-Salam (Al-Azhar): A judge and consultant of Al-Azhar Grand Imam.
- Abdullah Mabrouk El-Naggar (Al-Azhar): A professor at the Islamic Sharia and Law Faculty of Al-Azhar University.
- Bishop Antonious Aziz Mina (Catholic Church): Bishop of the governorate of Giza.
- Safwat El-Bayyady (Evangelical Church): President of the protestant community in Egypt.
Source : Ahram