Items related to 2012 presidential election

File photo of Hossam al-Gheriany, newly-appointed president of cassation court and supreme council of judiciary
FJP leader: Party and Salafis agree on Gheriany as presidential hopeful
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Egypt Independent
11 Mar 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis are 90 percent sure they will support Hossam al-Gheriany, head of the Supreme...
Omar Suleiman,head of Egypt's intelligence services
Omar Suleiman not to run for president, says close friend
Egypt Independent 10 Mar 2012
Former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman will not run for president, the Wafd Party's newspaper quoted Suleiman...
Potential presidential hopeful Amr Moussa stands at voters line at Fatemah al-Zahraa school constituency, Fifth Settlement, 28 November, 2011. Parliamentary elections' first phase, which started Monday, includes 17.5 million voters.The poll took place at nine governorates: Cairo, Alexandria, Kafr al-Sheikh, Assiut, Port Said, Fayyoum, Luxor, Red Sea and Damietta.
Moussa fears elections will be rigged in favor of SCAF-backed candidate
MENA
Egypt Independent
10 Mar 2012
Presidential hopeful Amr Moussa warned of conspiracies seeking to hijack the revolution, and called on people to...
Egyptians campaign for presidential candidate Abdelmoneim Abul Fotouh (portrait), who is a former Muslim Brotherhood member, in neighbourhood of Nasr City, Cairo, March 9, 2012. Egypt will vote on May 23 and 24 to elect its first president since revolution of 25 January which ousted Hosni Mubarak a year ago.
Egypt opens candidacy applications for 'first free' presidential election
Egypt Independent 10 Mar 2012
On Saturday Egypt opened the door for presidential candidacy applications, 13 months after the ousting of former...
Meet the head of the Presidential Elections Commission
Sharif Abdel Kouddous 09 Mar 2012
Egypt is gearing up for the final stages of a tumultuous transitional period under the rule of the Supreme Council of...
File photo of Caretaker Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq during a press conference, cabinet, Cairo, 13 February, 2011. Shafiq held press conference after a meeting with the provisional cabinet to discuss local issues developments.
Meet your presidential candidate: Ahmed Shafiq, the loner
Rana Khazbak 09 Mar 2012
Although he was forced to resign as prime minister in the face of raging protests just one year ago because of his ties...
File photo of presidential hopeful Amr Moussa
Moussa: Political pressure caused Wafd not to support me
Al-Masry Al-Youm 09 Mar 2012
Political pressure caused the Wafd Party to back a different candidate for president, presidential aspirant Amr Moussa...
File photo of Islamic presidential hopeful Hazem abu Ismail
Meet your presidential candidate: Hazem Abu Ismail, the rebel
Noha El-Hennawy 08 Mar 2012
For several years, Hazem Abu Ismail appeared on Salafi satellite channels in traditional Salafi garb — a robe and...
Egyptian judge Faruq Sultan, head of the elections committee, holds a press conference in Cairo, February 29, 2012. Egypt will vote on May 23 and 24 to elect its first president since a popular uprising overthrew Hosni Mubarak a year ago, Sultan said.
Presidential Elections Commission prohibits campaigning from 14 March to 30 April
MENA
Al-Masry Al-Youm
08 Mar 2012
Farouk Sultan, chairman of the Presidential Elections Commission, on Thursday banned all forms of direct and indirect...
Al-Wafd Party's supreme authority and members of its executive office headed by Dr. al-Sayed al-Badawi meet to discuss the party’s position on its members that did not adhere to the parliamentary run-off poll boycott decision, Wafd headquarters, Dokki, Giza, 8 December, 2010. Many Party leaders were of the opinion that the member should be expelled from the party in accordance with Article 5 of the Party rules. The six members that won seat in Parliament are Safir Noor, Musaad al-Miligy, Atef al-Ashmouni, Tariq Sabaq, Mohammed al-Malki and Magda al-Noweishi.  
Wafd endorses Mansour Hassan's presidential bid
Egypt Independent
Al-Masry Al-Youm
08 Mar 2012
The Wafd Party’s supreme board supports Mansour Hassan, the head of the Advisory Council to the ruling military...