Draft:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

6th President of Egypt
Name	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is the sixth and current President of Egypt, having held this position since 2014. In March 2014, Sisi resigned from the military in response to requests from supporters opposing the Muslim Brotherhood and ran as a candidate in the 2014 presidential election. Many political groups and the Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the election, which had only one opposing candidate, resulting in Sisi winning with 96% of the vote.

Biography

Abdel Fattah Said Hussein Khalil el-Sisi was born on 19 November 1954 in Cairo to parents who were members of the Muslim Brotherhood. He joined the Egyptian military in 1977 and was appointed Minister of Defense by Mohamed Morsi on 12 August 2012, succeeding Field Marshal Tantawi. Prior to becoming Minister of Defense in Hesham Qandil's government, Sisi was the director of Military Intelligence in the army. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Military Sciences from the Army University in Cairo and traveled to the United Kingdom for further studies, obtaining a master's degree in Military Sciences there in 1992. General Sisi also traveled to the United States in addition to studying in the England, where he received special intelligence training. On 1 July 2013, the Egyptian Armed Forces, led by Sisi, gave Mohamed Morsi, the President of Egypt, 48 hours to resolve the country's political crisis and following this ultimatum, removed him from office and installed Adly Mansour as head of state in his place. He resigned from the position of Minister of Defense of Egypt in March 2014. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi became President of Egypt on 3 June 2014.

Military Service

Although Sisi did not participate in any of Egypt's previous wars, he reached high ranks within the Egyptian military system and was promoted to several important positions. These include commanding the Infantry Force, commanding the Northern Military Region of Egypt in Alexandria, and then managing the Army's Military Intelligence Unit. In 2006, he studied at the War College affiliated with the United States Army, and participated in many military conferences in the US and UK. Afterwards, he was appointed as Egypt's military attaché in Saudi Arabia. He was selected as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces by Hesham Qandil, Prime Minister of Morsi's government, and his rank was promoted to Field Marshal in August 2012.

Presidency

Sisi became a candidate for the 2014 Egyptian presidential election on 27 March 2014. On 6 May 2014, Sisi announced that if he won the election, the Muslim Brotherhood group would no longer exist.

Following the announcement of Sisi's candidacy, Hosni Mubarak, former President of Egypt and Ahmed Shafik, Mohamed Morsi's rival and runner-up in the previous Egyptian presidential election, announced their support for him. In the Egyptian election held from 26 to 28 May 2014, out of a total of 25,578,223 votes, Sisi successfully obtained 23,780,104 votes, achieving 96.91%, and Sabahi obtained 757,511 votes, achieving 3.09% of the votes. In the election outside Egypt, out of a total of 318,033 votes, 313,835 votes were valid, among which Sisi successfully obtained 296,628 votes, achieving 94.52%, and Sabahi obtained 17,217 votes, achieving 5.49% of the votes.

In Tehran, Sisi received 18 votes and Sabahi 8 votes. Sisi competed for the presidency of Egypt with Hamdeen Sabahi on 26, 27, and 28 May 2014 CE, and became President of Egypt with 96.91 percent of the votes, 23,780,104 votes. At Sisi's inauguration ceremony, Amir Abdullahian, Deputy for Arab and African Affairs of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participated, and Sisi had almost the most diplomatic courtesy and conversation among heads and representatives of countries with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, won the second term of the 2018 Egyptian presidency with 97 percent of the votes. His inauguration ceremony was held on Saturday, 2 June 2018, in the Egyptian Parliament in the city of Cairo, during which he swore in for the second time as President of this country.

Reactions to candidacy

• Simultaneously with the announcement of Field Marshal el-Sisi's candidacy for the Egyptian presidential election, the Salafi Al-Nour Party announced in a statement: "el-Sisi" has the right as an Egyptian citizen to participate in the presidential election.
• Also, the Tamarod Movement in a statement announced support for the candidacy of "General el-Sisi" for the Egyptian presidential election, considering this action by "el-Sisi" as the desire of a wide spectrum of the country's society.
• The manager of the electoral campaign of "Hamdeen Sabahi", founder of the Egyptian Popular Current, also severely criticized the broadcast of the candidacy announcement of "Abdel Fattah el-Sisi" via the state television of the country, calling this action unacceptable.
• "Ibrahim Mahlab", the Prime Minister of Egypt, also emphasized in remarks: The Egyptian government has adopted a policy of neutrality towards the candidates of the presidential election.
• Also, the Muslim Brotherhood group, the main opposing spectrum of the current government (el-Sisi), announced: Under the presidency of "el-Sisi", there is no possibility for achieving stability and security in Egypt.

See also

• Egypt
• Muslim Brotherhood
• Hosni Mubarak
• Mohamed Morsi

References

• Al-Ahram Website, Published 26 March 2014, Retrieved 17 May 2025.
• The Guardian Website, Published 29 May 2014, Retrieved 17 May 2025.
• Mehr News Agency Website, Published 30 March 2014, Retrieved 17 May 2025.
• Fararu Website, Published 6 May 2024, Retrieved 17 May 2025.