A look at the history of parliamentary life since 1824 .. Learn about the collection of the Parliament Museum

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There is no doubt that the Parliament Museum witnessed the history of modern parliamentary life in Egypt, from the establishment of the Higher Council in 1824 until the formation of the last parliament in 2015. It includes ancient versions of the oldest systems of government, legislation, laws and treaties in the history of humanity, It presents souvenirs presented to the Council.

The "Seventh Day" exhibits the museum's holdings as follows:

1. The museum includes copies of the Coptic and Islamic epochs in Egypt and up to modern Egypt until the present time.

2. It includes the royal vehicle that was carrying the king of Egypt.

3. Documents and photographs of the Commission that drafted the 1923 Constitution.

4. Photographs of all the heads of parliament in Egypt in a historical sequence since Ismail Ragheb, the first president of the House of Representatives Shura Council in 1866

5. Pictures of Egypt's political leaders in the contemporary era such as Ahmed Orabi, Mustafa Kamel, Mohamed Farid, Saad Zaghloul, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Mohamed Anwar Sadat.

6. Many models of legislation and laws in ancient Egypt, including a model of the statue of the Egyptian writer sitting carrying a roll of papyrus and documenting legislation and laws .

7. Collection of the Islamic era, first of which is a copy of the Holy Quran as the main source of legislation in the country, and pictures of some letters and manuscripts, including a letter from and to Egypt in the Abbasid era urging the people of Nubia to abide by the treaties and treaties, and the message of Omar bin al-Khattab to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari when And the father of Kufa.

8. Two stereotypical models, one for the Governing Council during the reign of Salah al-Din (1171-1893). This council was characterized by justice. It was issued by laws and legislations. It depicts the governor's body listening to the complaints of a citizen in the presence of princes and state officials .

9. A documentary picture of the Supreme Council of the Supreme Council issued in 1825, the first council of elected members. It also presents a panel on the evolution of Egyptian science since 1923 until now, and a collection of photographs of the Egyptian senators.

10. The museum includes the ceremonial decorations of the last president of the council and is presented to one of the chairs of the King's rest in the House of Representatives (the president's seat in the People's Assembly now), a wooden chair, decorated with light red dialges and decorated with round figures and pearl veins .

11. The museum presents another model of the chairs in the pharaonic lobby since the furnishing of the council. It is a small wooden book with a back and a leather base. The legs and back are decorated with lotus flowers. .

12. Documents of the trial of the national leader Ahmed Orabi and his colleagues in 1882 and the documents of the assassination of Ahmed Maher Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, inside the Pharaonic lobby on 24 February 1945.

13. Documentary documentaries from the Egyptian daily newspapers, which contain news and pictures recording historical events in Egypt such as the revolution in 1952 and the abdication of the king and the departure of the country on July 26, 1952.

14. Display tanks with emblems and commemorative medals, including: the emblem of the Inter-Parliamentary Union during its conference in Egypt in 1947, the former parliament guard's emblem, and several commemorative medals, Egyptian and non-Egyptian, which were presented to parliament .

15. The Throne Chair, which was at the top of the Chamber of Deputies, with two candlesticks on top, topped by a kambush, was decorated with olive oil. This chair is characterized by its two front legs each base in the form of an animal man, with claws and crowned with a prominent drilling the head of a winged lion .

16. Minutes of the meetings of the first committee to draw up the permanent constitution in Egypt in 1922 and a copy of the royal decree issuing this constitution in 1923 and a huge volume containing the compilation of the Egyptian constitutions, compiled and indexed accurately, and the constitutions issued from 1824 until the current constitution in 1971 .

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