The decision was published in the official gazette on Tuesday.
Veteran diplomat Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin will serve as the council chair, and Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, head of the El-Sadat Association for Social Development and Welfare, as vice-chair.
The decree endorses an earlier decision by the House of Representatives, passed on 2 March.
Gamaleldin, a former assistant foreign minister for human rights, succeeds Mahmoud Karem, who had led the council on an interim basis following Moushira Khattab's resignation in June 2025.
The newly constituted 25-member council draws on journalists, academics, and civil society figures.
They include Ezzat Ibrahim, editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Weekly and Ahram Online; Wafaa Binyamin of Caritas Egypt; Samira Louka, director-general of the Dialogue Sector at the Coptic Evangelical Organisation for Social Services; Ghada Hammam, a regional director at a Swedish foundation; and Ayman Jaafar, a population and migration consultant at the Arab League.
Also appointed are Mohamed Mamdouh, chairman of the Egyptian Youth Council for Development; Mahmoud Bassiouni; Alaa Shalaby, chairman of the Arab Organization for Human Rights; Saeed Abdel Hafez, chairman of the Forum for Development and Human Rights Dialogue; and Amr Fouad, professor of constitutional law at Tanta University.
The formation further includes Ehab Iskandar, chairman of the Ehab El-Tamawy Legal Foundation; Ayman Abdel Wahab, chairman of the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies; Nasser Abul Oyoun, chairman of the Human Rights Association for Community Development; Mahi Hassan; and Vivian Mourad, a human rights expert.
Other members are Gamal Maher Keshky, editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Al-Araby; Mohamed Osman, head of the Human Rights Unit at the State Information Service; Sherine Farag, programme director at the German Agency for International Cooperation; Yara Qassem, director general for engagement with international mechanisms at the NCHR; Khaled Zakaria, director of the Comprehensive Political Studies Center at the Institute of National Planning; Huwaida Adly, board member of the Egyptian Foundation for Development; Mai El-Talawy; Ayman Aqeel, chairman of the Maat Foundation; and Ahmed Bakry, chairman of the Egypt Foundation for Refugee Rights.
Established in 2003, the NCHR is mandated to monitor and promote human rights, receive complaints, propose legislative amendments, and engage with international mechanisms.
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