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Egypt authorizes 63 citizens to acquire foreign nationalities, deports Uzbek national
October 18, 2026 at 01:57 PM
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Egypt's Official Gazette published Interior Ministry decisions authorizing Egyptians to acquire foreign citizenships and ordering the deportation of foreign nationals for public-interest reasons.
- Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik issued decisions 1546–1548 of 2026 allowing 63 Egyptians to naturalize with foreign nationalities, with 42 retaining Egyptian citizenship.
- The approved nationalities include German, Canadian, American, Russian, Italian, French, Irish, Dutch, Austrian, Chinese, and British.
- Tawfik issued decision 1549 of 2026 deporting Uzbek citizen Timur Amirkulovich Amanov, born in 1985, for public-interest reasons under Law 89 of 1960.
- The gazette also published a decision restoring Egyptian citizenship to 42 people and deporting three foreigners.


