Editing Local government (section)

=== Egypt ===
{{Main|Governorates of Egypt}}

[[Egypt]] has a [[Centralisation|centralised]] system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the [[Executive (government)|Executive]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=1979 |title=Law 43/1979 |url=https://www.cc.gov.eg/legislation_single?id=277460 |journal=The Official Gazette}}</ref>  The country is divided into 27 [[governorates]] ({{lang|ar|محافظة}} ''{{transliteration|ar|ALA|muḥāfaẓah}}''; {{IPA|arz|moˈħɑfzˤɑ}}; [[Genitive case#Arabic|genitive case]]: {{transliteration|ar|ALA|muḥāfaẓat&nbsp;}} {{IPA|arz|moˈħɑfzˤet|}}; plural: {{lang|ar|محافظات}} ''{{transliteration|ar|ALA|muḥāfaẓāt&nbsp;}}''{{IPA|arz|moħɑfˈzˤɑːt|}}),<ref>{{cite web |title=Governorates of Egypt |url=https://www.presidency.eg/en/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1/%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=The Arab Republic of Egypt - Presidency}}</ref> the top tier of local administration. A governorate is administered by a [[governor]], who is appointed by the [[President of Egypt]] and serves at the president's discretion.

Governors have the civilian rank of minister and report directly to the [[Prime Minister of Egypt|prime minister]], who chairs the Board of Governors and meets with them on a regular basis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=The Cabinet - Governors' Meetings |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/English/MediaCenter/GovernorsMeetings/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=2022-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228045816/http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/English/MediaCenter/GovernorsMeetings/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2020-02-28 }}</ref> The [[Ministry of Local Development|Minister of Local Development]] coordinates the governors and their governorate's budgets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Ministry |url=https://mld.gov.eg/en/p/3/about-us/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Ministry of Local Development}}</ref>