The Egyptian Post is one of the oldest Egyptian institutions, where it was officially established in 1865 and post offices are spread throughout Egypt with about 3,971 post offices.
The Egyptian Post developed through the ages, starting from the Pharaonic Era about 2000 bc and through the Roman, Ptolemaic, Islamic and later modern times.
The idea began recently in Alexandria when Carlo Mirati set up a special postal administration to receive and send letters to foreign countries. Then between Cairo and Alexandria with a small amount. After his death, After his death, his nephew developed the idea of the project and called it "Posta Europea".
The Posta Europea gained the trust of the Egyptian people and the idea evolved a lot until it was admired by Khadiwe Ismail and bought it in 1862 and on January 2, 1865, the ownership of the European Central was transferred to the Egyptian government under the Ministry of Works and then to the General Office of Finance at that time.
In 1957, the President of the Republic issued a decree no. "710" to establish the Egyptian Postal Authority.
In 1966, the President's decision to establish the General Post Authority to replace the Postal Authority .
In 1970, Law No. 16 was passed by the Egyptian postal system.
In 1982, Law No. 19 was passed by establishing the National Postal Service and the Ministry of Transport.
The Egyptian Postal Authority continues to provide the best services despite the tremendous technological development that took place at the beginning of the 2000s, but The Egyptian Post works hard to be in the foreground always and its type of services until it covered all the needs of the Egyptian citizen of financial services and services Personal conditions and traffic services through one February in addition to the diversification of other postal services.