General Directorate of Civil Status

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The General Directorate of Civil Status is the Egyptian government authority responsible for managing citizens’ civil records, including births, deaths, marriages, and national identification documents.

Aliases (1)

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf civil registry authority
government agency
collaboratesWith other Egyptian government agencies
collects personal data for civil registration
country Egypt
dataUsedFor issuance of Egyptian national ID cards
statistical population data
voter registration support
ensures accuracy of civil records
uniqueness of national identification numbers
field civil registration and identification
governedBy Egyptian civil status laws
headquartersLocation Cairo
issues official civil status documents
jurisdiction Arab Republic of Egypt
languageOfWork Arabic
legalForm government directorate
locatedIn Cairo Governorate
Egypt
maintains central civil status database
population registry
oversees civil status offices in Egyptian governorates
parentOrganization Ministry of Interior of Egypt
partOf Egyptian Ministry of Interior
primaryBeneficiaries Egyptian citizens
legal residents in Egypt
publicService provision of identity documents
registration of vital events
records changes in civil status
vital events of Egyptian citizens
responsibleFor birth registration
civil registration
death registration
divorce registration
issuance of birth certificates
issuance of death certificates
issuance of family records
issuance of marriage certificates
issuance of national ID cards
marriage registration
national identification system
sector public sector
supervises local civil registry offices
typeOfOrganization administrative authority
usesIdentificationNumber Egyptian national ID number

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Egyptian National Police
hasDivision
Civil Status Organization of Egypt ("central civil registry")
maintains

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