Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Abd el-Fattah el-Sisi is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has been serving as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian military in 2014, Sisi served as Egypt's deputy prime minister from 2013 to 2014, minister of defense from 2012 to 2013, and director of military intelligence from 2010 to 2012. He was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal in January 2014.
Some of the key events about Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- 1977Graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy
- 1992Appointed as the commander of the Northern Military Region
- 2010Appointed as the Director of Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance
- 2012Promoted to the rank of General and appointed as Minister of Defense
- 2013Led the military's removal of President Mohamed Morsi following mass protests
- 2013Led a military coup that overthrew Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi
- 2013Oversaw the Rabaa massacre, where security forces killed hundreds of protesters
- 2014Won the presidential election with 96.9% of the vote
- 2014Implemented a law restricting public protests and demonstrations
- 2015Launched the New Suez Canal project, expanding and modernizing the waterway
- 2015Expanded the definition of terrorism to include civil disobedience
- 2016Initiated the "1.5 Million Feddan" project to increase Egypt's agricultural land
- 2016Handed over two strategic Red Sea islands, Tiran and Sanafir, to Saudi Arabia
- 2017Ratified a law giving him control over choosing heads of judicial bodies
- 2018Re-elected as President for a second term
- 2018Won a second term as president in an election widely criticized as unfair
- 2019Pushed through constitutional amendments allowing him to potentially rule until 2030
- 2020Arrested thousands of people in a crackdown on anti-government protests
- 2021Announced the moving of Egypt's administrative capital to a new city east of Cairo
- 2021Expanded powers to transfer civilians to military courts for trial
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