Egypt Allows 42 Citizens to Acquire Foreign Nationalities, Restores Citizenship to 21

Egypt’s Official Gazette has published Interior Ministry decisions allowing 42 citizens to acquire foreign nationalities and restoring Egyptian citizenship to 21 others.

Among the published measures is Interior Ministerial Decision No. 1445 of 2026, which permits 21 citizens to obtain foreign nationalities while retaining their Egyptian citizenship.

The retention provision means those covered by that decision are authorised to hold their new nationalities alongside their Egyptian nationality.

The supplied summary does not detail the terms applying to the remaining citizens granted permission to acquire foreign nationalities, or the circumstances behind the restoration of citizenship to the other 21.