02-05-2025
Khaled El-Balshy re-elected head of Egypt Journalists Syndicate
Khaled El-Balshy was re-elected on Friday as president of Egypt's Journalists Syndicate, according to the committee overseeing the elections.
El-Balshy secured 3,346 votes (55% of the votes), surpassing his main rival Abdel Mohsen Salama, former head of Al-Ahram institution and a current member of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation; who garnered 2,562 votes.
Related Egyptian journalists vote to select Syndicate President and six board members
A total of 6,051 members of the syndicate participated in the elections with nearly a 60% turnout.
Earlier Friday, the syndicate held its midterm elections to select a new president and six board members.
According to the committee, vote counting began with the ballot boxes for the chairman's seat, with the results announced first. The counting of votes for the board members' seats followed afterward.
A total of eight candidates vied for the chairmanship, while 43 others competed for six available seats on the syndicate's board.
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