List of Presidents of Egypt

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Current Presidential Standard of Egypt (left, 1984–Present) and former Presidential Standard (right, 1972–1984)

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. This is a list of Presidents of Egypt since the establishment of that office in 1953. The President is the head of state of Egypt and the Supreme Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces. The current President is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, elected in 2014.

Background

The first President of Egypt was Muhammad Naguib, one of the leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, who took office on 18 June 1953, the day on which Egypt was declared a republic. Since then the office has been held by five further people: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Morsi and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. In addition, Sufi Abu Taleb acted as President between Sadat's assassination and the election of his successor, and Adly Mansour acted as President after Morsi's overthrow in the 2013 coup d'état.

Following Hosni Mubarak's resignation on 11 February 2011 in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, the office was vacant, with the functions of head of state and head of government being discharged by the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.

Mohamed Morsi took office on 30 June 2012, after being elected by the presidential election held on 23–24 May and 16–17 June 2012. He was deposed by the Egyptian Armed Forces in a coup d'état on 3 July 2013, following massive protests calling for his resignation. He was succeeded by Adly Mansour, the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, as Acting President. Mansour was sworn into office in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court on 4 July 2013.[1]

Current President el-Sisi took office on 8 June 2014, after being elected by the presidential election held on 26–28 May 2014.

List of Presidents

# Name Picture Born-Died Took office Left office Political Party Term
Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svgRepublic of Egypt (1953–1958) • Coat of arms of Egypt (1953–1958).svg
1 Muhammad Naguib
محمد نجيب
Muhammad Naguib.jpg 1901–1984 18 June 1953 14 November 1954
(resigned)
Military / Liberation Rally 1
Revolutionary Command Council
Chairman: Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser portrait2.jpg 14 November 1954 23 June 1956 Military
2 Gamal Abdel Nasser
جمال عبد الناصر
Nasser portrait2.jpg 1918–1970 23 June 1956 22 February 1958 National Union 2
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svgUnited Arab Republic (1958–1971) • Coat of arms of United Arab Republic (Syria 1958-61, Egypt 1958-1971).svg
(2) Gamal Abdel Nasser
جمال عبد الناصر
Nasser portrait2.jpg 1918–1970 22 February 1958 1 December 1962 National Union 3
(2) 1 December 1962 15 March 1965 Arab Socialist Union
15 March 1965 28 September 1970
(died in office)
4
3 Anwar Sadat
أنور السادات
Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg 1918–1981 15 October 1970
Acting since 28 September 1970
2 September 1971 Arab Socialist Union 5
Flag of Egypt.svgArab Republic of Egypt (1971–present) • Coat of arms of Egypt (Official).svg
(3) Anwar Sadat
أنور السادات
Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg 1918–1981 2 September 1971 2 October 1976 Arab Socialist Union 5
2 October 1976 2 October 1978 6
(3) 2 October 1978 6 October 1981
(assassinated)
National Democratic Party
Sufi Abu Taleb
صوفى أبو طالب
Acting President
80px 1925–2008 6 October 1981 14 October 1981 National Democratic Party
4 Hosni Mubarak
حسنى مبارك
Hosni Mubarak ritratto.jpg 1928– 14 October 1981 5 October 1987 National Democratic Party 7
5 October 1987 4 October 1993 8
4 October 1993 26 September 1999 9
26 September 1999 27 September 2005 10
27 September 2005 11 February 2011
(resigned)
11
Supreme Council of the
Armed Forces

Chairman: Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi 2002.jpg 11 February 2011 30 June 2012 Military
5 Mohamed Morsi
محمد مرسي
Mohamed Morsi-05-2013.jpg 1951– 30 June 2012 3 July 2013
(deposed)
Freedom and Justice Party 12
Adly Mansour
عدلي منصور
Acting President
80px 1945– 4 July 2013 8 June 2014 Independent
6 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
عبد الفتاح السيسى
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.jpg 1954– 8 June 2014 Incumbent Independent 13

Timeline

See also

References

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