The local Government of Cairo comprises of Governor and the Popular Assembly. The Popular Assembly is the council, which constitutes of both appointed and elected members. Only the elected members of the Popular Assembly have the right to vote for Local Government elections.
Before 1949, the local administrators and national policy makers were looking after the administration of the capital city of Cairo. In the year 1949, the municipality of Cairo was created and the next year it was inaugurated. Since the year 1950, only the municipal government in Cairo looked after the
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administrative issues. Furthermore, the central government of Egypt played a vital role in ruling the capital city and supervising its budget and other day-to-day expenditures. But since 1960, the National Ministry for Local Administration has set off a new organized form of local government of Cairo.
Cairo Local Government is responsible for providing welfare, social, health, and educational services in the region. These governments also supervise the city and village councils, which are set up in a similar framework. In a nutshell, the local government in Cairo is solely responsible for the social and economic progress of the capital city.
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