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Egypt · Politics & Government · Hard

What is the name of the foundational governing document — drafted by a committee of jurists including the French legal expert Léon Duguit — that established the country's first parliamentary monarchy after independence?

The 1923 Constitution, promulgated by King Fuad I after independence, created a bicameral parliament (Senate and Chamber of Deputies), guaranteed fundamental rights, and made the cabinet responsible to parliament — it was the most liberal governing document in the country's modern history, though repeatedly suspended by royal decree.

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