The office of Prime Minister of Egypt was established in 1878, together with the Cabinet of Egypt, after Khedive Isma'il Pasha agreed to turn his powers over to a cabinet of ministers. Nubar Pasha was thus the first Prime Minister of Egypt in the modern sense.

Egypt has a long history with a prime minister-type position existing in its governance. During the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom phases of Ancient Egypt, it was common practice for the Pharaoh to appoint a second in command officer whose position is translated to as Vizier. Under various Islamic empires, Egypt had Viziers, a political office similar in authority and structure (in terms of being second in command to the head of state) to that of a prime minister. This pattern of having a prime minister/vizier position in government was only broken for an extended period of time during Roman and Sasanian governance of Egypt, in which Egypt was directly ruled by appointed Governors.

In Egyptian Arabic, the official term for Prime Minister more directly translates to 'President of the Ministers'. This is not to be confused with President of Egypt, which is a separate post.

The current Prime Minister of Egypt is Mostafa Madbouly, took office since 7 June 2018.

List of officeholders Portrait Name Term of office Political party Elected Cabinet(s) Head of state Took office Left office Time in office • Khedivate of Egypt (1878–1914) • 1 Nubar Pasha 28 August 1878 23 February 1879 Independent — Isma'il Pasha — Isma'il Pasha 23 February 1879 10 March 1879 Independent — 2 Tewfik Pasha 10 March 1879 7 April 1879 Independent — 3 Mohamed Sherif Pasha 7 April 1879 18 August 1879 Independent — — Tewfik Pasha 18 August 1879 21 September 1879 Independent — Tewfik Pasha 4 Riyad Pasha 21 September 1879 10 September 1881 Independent — Mohamed Sherif Pasha 14 September 1881 4 February 1882 Independent — 5 Mahmoud Sami Elbaroudi 4 February 1882 26 May 1882 Independent — 6 Isma'il Raghib Pasha 18 June 1882 21 August 1882 Independent — — Ahmed Urabi 1 July 1882 13 September 1882 Military — Mohamed Sherif Pasha 21 August 1882 7 January 1884 Independent — Nubar Pasha 10 January 1884 9 June 1888 Independent 1883 Riyad Pasha 9 June 1888 12 May 1891 Independent — 1889 7 Mustafa Fahmi Pasha 12 May 1891 15 January 1893 Independent — 8 Hussein Fakhry Pasha 15 January 1893 17 January 1893 Independent — Abbas Helmi II Riyad Pasha 17 January 1893 16 April 1894 Independent — Nubar Pasha 16 April 1894 12 November 1895 Independent — Mustafa Fahmi Pasha 12 November 1895 12 November 1908 Independent 1895 1901 9 Boutros Ghali 12 November 1908 21 February 1910 Independent — 10 Mohamed Said Pasha 22 February 1910 5 April 1914 Independent — 11 Hussein Roshdy Pasha 5 April 1914 19 December 1914 Independent 1913 • Sultanate of Egypt (1914–1922) • Hussein Roshdy Pasha 19 December 1914 12 April 1919 Independent — Hussein Kamel Mohamed Said Pasha 21 May 1919 19 November 1919 Independent — Fuad I 12 Youssef Wahba Pasha 19 November 1919 20 May 1920 Independent — 13 Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha 20 May 1920 16 March 1921 Independent — 14 Adly Yakan Pasha 16 March 1921 1 March 1922 Independent — • Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953) • 15 Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha 1 March 1922 30 November 1922 Independent — Fuad I Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha 30 November 1922 15 March 1923 Independent — 16 Yahya Ibrahim Pasha 15 March 1923 26 January 1924 Independent — 17 Saad Zaghloul Pasha 26 January 1924 24 November 1924 Wafd Party 1923–1924 18 Ahmed Zeiwar Pasha 24 November 1924 7 June 1926 Ittihad Party — 1925 Adly Yakan Pasha 7 June 1926 26 April 1927 Liberal Constitutional Party 1926 Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha 26 April 1927 16 March 1928 Liberal Constitutional Party — 19 Mostafa el-Nahas Pasha 16 March 1928 27 June 1928 Wafd Party — 20 Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha 27 June 1928 4 October 1929 Liberal Constitutional Party — Adly Yakan Pasha 4 October 1929 1 January 1930 Independent 1929 Mostafa el-Nahas Pasha 1 January 1930 20 June 1930 Wafd Party — 21 Ismail Sidky Pasha 20 June 1930 22 September 1933 People's Party — 1931 22 Abdel Fattah Yahya Pasha 22 September 1933 15 November 1934 Independent — Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha 15 November 1934 30 January 1936 Independent — 23 Aly Maher Pasha 30 January 1936 9 May 1936 Independent — Mostafa el-Nahas Pasha 9 May 1936 29 December 1937 Wafd Party 1936 Farouk I Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha 29 December 1937 18 August 1939 Liberal Constitutional Party — 1938 Aly Maher Pasha 18 August 1939 28 June 1940 Independent — 24 Hassan Sabry Pasha 28 June 1940 15 November 1940 Independent — 25 Hussein Sirri Pasha 15 November 1940 6 February 1942 Independent — Mostafa El-Nahas Pasha 6 February 1942 10 October 1944 Wafd Party — 1942 26 Ahmad Maher Pasha 10 October 1944 24 February 1945 Saadist Institutional Party — 1945 27 Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha 26 February 1945 17 February 1946 Saadist Institutional Party — Ismail Sidky Pasha 17 February 1946 9 December 1946 Independent — Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha 9 December 1946 28 December 1948 Saadist Institutional Party — 28 Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha 28 December 1948 26 July 1949 Saadist Institutional Party — Hussein Sirri Pasha 26 July 1949 12 January 1950 Independent — Mostafa El-Nahas Pasha 12 January 1950 27 January 1952 Wafd Party 1950 Aly Maher Pasha 27 January 1952 2 March 1952 Independent — 29 Ahmed Naguib el-Hilaly Pasha 2 March 1952 2 July 1952 Independent — Hussein Sirri Pasha 2 July 1952 22 July 1952 Independent — Ahmed Naguib el-Hilaly Pasha 22 July 1952 23 July 1952 Independent — Aly Maher Pasha 23 July 1952 7 September 1952 Independent — Fuad II 30 Mohamed Naguib 7 September 1952 18 June 1953 Military / Liberation Rally — • Republic of Egypt (1953–1958) • Mohamed Naguib 18 June 1953 25 February 1954 Military / Liberation Rally — Mohamed Naguib 31 Gamal Abdel Nasser 25 February 1954 8 March 1954 Military / Liberation Rally — Mohamed Naguib 8 March 1954 18 April 1954 Military / Liberation Rally — Gamal Abdel Nasser 18 April 1954 22 February 1958 Military / Liberation Rally — Gamal Abdel Nasser National Union 1957 • United Arab Republic (1958–1971) • Gamal Abdel Nasser 22 February 1958 29 September 1962 National Union — Gamal Abdel Nasser 32 Ali Sabri 29 September 1962 3 October 1965 National Union — Arab Socialist Union 1964 33 Zakaria Mohieddin 3 October 1965 10 September 1966 Arab Socialist Union — 34 Mohamed Sedki Sulayman 10 September 1966 19 June 1967 Arab Socialist Union — Gamal Abdel Nasser 19 June 1967 28 September 1970 Arab Socialist Union — 1969 35 Mahmoud Fawzi 21 October 1970 11 September 1971 Arab Socialist Union — Anwar Sadat Chairmen of the Executive Council of Southern Region (Egypt) of the • United Arab Republic (1958–1961) • 1 Nureddin Tarraf 7 October 1958 20 September 1960 National Union — Gamal Abdel Nasser 2 Kamal el-Din Hussein 20 September 1960 16 August 1961 National Union — • Arab Republic of Egypt (1971–present) • Mahmoud Fawzi 11 September 1971 16 January 1972 Arab Socialist Union — Anwar Sadat 1971 36 Aziz Sedky 16 January 1972 26 March 1973 Arab Socialist Union — 37 Anwar Sadat 26 March 1973 25 September 1974 Arab Socialist Union — 38 Abdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy 25 September 1974 16 April 1975 Arab Socialist Union — 39 Mamdouh Salem 16 April 1975 2 October 1978 Arab Socialist Union — Egyptian Arab Socialist Party 1976 — 40 Mustafa Khalil 2 October 1978 15 May 1980 National Democratic Party — 1979 Anwar Sadat 15 May 1980 6 October 1981 National Democratic Party — 41 Hosni Mubarak 7 October 1981 2 January 1982 National Democratic Party — Hosni Mubarak 42 Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin 2 January 1982 5 June 1984 National Democratic Party — 43 Kamal Hassan Ali 17 July 1984 4 September 1985 National Democratic Party 1984 44 Aly Lotfy Mahmoud 4 September 1985 9 November 1986 National Democratic Party — 45 Atef Mohamed Sedky 10 November 1986 4 January 1996 National Democratic Party — 1987 1990 — 46 Kamal Ganzouri 4 January 1996 5 October 1999 National Democratic Party 1995 Ganzouri I 47 Atef Ebeid 5 October 1999 14 July 2004 National Democratic Party 2000 Ebeid 48 Ahmed Nazif 14 July 2004 28 January 2011 National Democratic Party 2005 Nazif 49 Ahmed Shafik 29 January 2011 3 March 2011 Independent 2010 Shafik Supreme Council of the Armed Forces 50 Essam Sharaf 3 March 2011 7 December 2011 Independent — Sharaf Kamal Ganzouri 7 December 2011 30 June 2012 Independent — Ganzouri II 51 Hesham Qandil 2 August 2012 8 July 2013 Independent — QandilMohamed Morsi — Hazem El Beblawi 9 July 2013 1 March 2014 Independent — BeblawiAdly Mansour — Ibrahim Mahlab 1 March 2014 17 June 2014 Independent — Mahlab I 52 17 June 2014 19 September 2015 Mahlab IIAbdel Fattah el-Sisi Mahlab III 53 Sherif Ismail 19 September 2015 7 June 2018 Independent — Ismail — Mostafa Madbouly 7 June 2018 14 June 2018 Independent — 54 14 June 2018 Incumbent — Madbouly I 2020 — Madbouly II 2025

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See also Prime Minister of Egypt President of Egypt List of presidents of Egypt Vice President of Egypt Speaker of the House of Representatives (Egypt) List of speakers of the House of Representatives (Egypt)

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