Egyptian Regional Branch (Ba'ath Party)

The Egyptian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Arabic: الفرع القطري المصري في الحزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي al-fara‘ al-quṭrī al-maṣrī fīl-ḥizb al-ba‘ath al-‘arabī al-ishtirākī) is the largest political party of the Egyptian Arab Republic, one of the 20 member republics of the Arab Union, and one of twenty regional branches of the federal Ba'ath Party. Holding a majority of seats in the unicameral Egyptian Arab Congress, the Egyptian Regional Branch is the governing party of the republic, and as such the office of Premier of Egypt is held by the leader of the Egyptian Regional Branch, namely the Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Egyptian Regional Branch.

Regional Congress
The Regional Congress is the highest organ of the Egyptian Regional Branch, and is an annual plenary meeting of all Egyptian Regional Branch members. The Regional Congress debates upon and passes policy, and is also responsible for electing the Regional Command from amongst its membership, as well as a Regional Secretary to lead the Regional Command.

Regional Command
The Regional Command acts as the Egyptian Regional Branch's highest organ between sessions of the Regional Congress. The Regional Secretary chairs all meetings of the Regional Command, and as de facto party leader, is typically appointed Premier of Egypt when the party is in power. The actions of the Regional Command and the Regional Secretary are subject to review at subsequent sessions of the Regional Congress, which at that time may dismiss by majority vote the current Regional Command including the Regional Secretary and subsequently appoint a new Regional Command and Regional Secretary.

The Regional Command, which typically includes 10 members in addition to the Regional Secretary (called deputy-regional secretaries), is also responsible for attending all sessions of the National Congress, the triennial plenary congress of all 20 regional branches' regional commands.