Presidential hopeful Hisham El-Bastawisi filed his recommendation forms to the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission in order to to be placed on Egypt's presidential ballot as a Tagammu Party candidate.

El-Bastawisi is a prominent reformist judge and a well-known political figure who led a judicial reform movement under Mubarak's regime.

He is known for standing up to Egypt’s autocratic regime, having played a key role in the struggle for judicial independence in the last decade of outsed president Hosni Mubarak’s rule.

He announced his intention to run for the presidency in March 2011.