Friday 06/March/2026 – 11:56 AM
Engineer Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum, cast his vote a short while ago, today, Friday, in the elections to choose a general captain Engineers And the complementary members at the headquarters of the Engineers Syndicate elections committees in Cairo Stadium.
Engineers Syndicate elections
Lieutenant General Kamel Al-Wazir, Minister of Transport, had previously cast his vote in the Engineers Syndicate elections, after the Cairo Engineers Syndicate Elections Committee announced, at 10 a.m. today, Friday, that it would receive members of the General Assembly to cast their votes in the second phase of the elections, which includes choosing the General Syndicate of Engineers and 11 complementary members of the Supreme Council, in addition to holding a runoff for the seat of the sub-union president.
The elections witness a competition between 19 candidates for the seat of the General Syndicate of Engineers, as Law No. 66 of 1974 requires that the winning candidate obtain an absolute majority (50% + 1) of the valid votes. If this is not achieved, a runoff will be held on Friday, March 13th.
Dr. Ahmed Fawzi, Chairman of the Cairo Engineers Syndicate Elections Committee, confirmed the readiness of the committee’s main headquarters at Cairo International Stadium to receive the largest voting bloc, noting that all facilities have been provided to ensure the smooth flow of movement within the committees. The elections are held in 36 electoral headquarters nationwide, which include 302 subcommittees, and operate with an electronic registration system to speed up the procedures for verifying the data of 956,000 engineers who have the right to vote.
