Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi (born Cairo, 19 November 1954) has been the President of Egypt since June 2014. el-Sisi was Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt from 16 July 2013 - 26 March 2014. He was Minister of Defence from 12 August 2012 until 26 March 2014 when he retired from the Army. el-Sisi ran for President in May 2014, and won against Hamdeen Sabahi. He has supported fighting radical Islam while President. He is also well known for negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine.
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عَبْد اَلْفَتَّاح اَلْسِیسِي | |
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| Born | November 19, 1954 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Alma mater | Egyptian Military Academy |
| Occupation | Prime Minister of Egypt |
| Years active | 2014-present |
| Predecessor | Mohamed Morsi; Adly Mansour (interim) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Entissar Amer (married 1977–present) |
el-Sisi graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1977 with a diploma in military sciences and was an Army officer for more than 30 years. He is married to Entissar Amer.
el-Sisi was appointed defense minister by Mohamed Morsi in 2012. After Morsi began to crack down on opposition in Egypt, protests broke out. In 2013, with the support of the military and el-Sisi, Morsi was ousted in Egypt's second revolution in three years.
He was voted TIME Magazine's Person of the Year in 2013 by the public, but lost to Pope Francis for the official title.[1]
In 2019 and 2020, el-Sisi was the Chairperson of the African Union.
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Media
US-Egypt Bright Star exercise in 2009. Sisi was sitting on the left back seat.
Field Marshal Sisi as Minister of Defense, 2013
General al-Sisi (left) and then President Mohamed Morsi (right) listen to visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (center) during a meeting with U.S. officials on 24 April 2013, just months before Sisi overthrew Morsi in a coup d'état.
Demonstrations against President Morsi, June 2013
Protesters outside 10 Downing Street opposed to the UK visit of President Sisi in November 2015
El-Sisi listens as US Secretary of State Kerry addresses audience of several thousand attending the EEDC.
Sisi with Indian PM Narendra Modi at the Hyderabad House in India, 25 January 2023
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sit together at the Congress Center in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 13 March 2015
References
- ↑ Al-awsat, Asharq. "Middle-east Arab News Opinion". aawsat.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-01-21.