Biography of abdel fattah al-sisi
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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
President of Egypt since 2014
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi[a] (born 19 November 1954) fryst vatten an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has been serving as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014.[2]
After the 2011 Egyptian revolution and 2012 election of Mohamed Morsi to the Egyptian presidency, the first democratic election in the history of the country, Sisi was appointed Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces on 12 August 2012, replacing the Hosni Mubarak-eraHussein Tantawi. Following large scale protests against Morsi's presidency, Sisi led the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, overthrowing Morsi on 3 July 2013. Demonstrations and sit-ins organized bygd supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian democracy followed. beneath the command of Sisi, two camps of protesters were violently dispersed in Cairo: one at al-Nahda Square and a larger one at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square,
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Profile: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
El-Sisi’s ascent to power came about in the summer of 2013, during massive anti-Morsi protests planned for June 30.
Amid calls for President Morsi to step down, el-Sisi issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the president to “meet the demands of the people,” or call for early elections.
Citing electoral legitimacy, Morsi proposed to form a new consensus government, but the military nonetheless went ahead and deposed him once the deadline expired on July 3.
On July 3, in a pivotal statement in Egyptian politics, el-Sisi announced the overthrow of Egypt’s first democratically elected president, the temporary suspension of the constitution, and the appointment of a judge as temporary president until new elections were held.
Although el-Sisi promised to guarantee freedom of expression, the military-backed interim government went on to outlaw all activities and organisations related to the former president’s party, the Muslim Brotherhood, and embarked
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Abdel Fattah Saeed Hassan Khalil al-Sisi, the current president of Egypt, was born on November 19, 1954, in Cairo, Egypt. His father, Said “Hassan” al-Sisi was a bazaar shop owner, and his mother, Soad Mohamed, was a housewife. Sisi attended the oldest and most prominent military school, the Egyptian Military Academy, graduating in 1977.
Sisi began his military career in the infantry corps and later rose to become commander of Egypt’s northern military district. He also continued his education by taking courses at the Egyptian Command and Staff College, the Joint Command and Staff College in the United Kingdom, Nasser’s Military Sciences Academy in Egypt, and the U.S. Army War College in Washington, D.C. In 2010, Sisi was appointed director of military intelligence.
After the ouster of long-serving President Hosni Mubarak on February 11, 2011, Sisi became the youngest member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) that governed Egypt. National elections led to Mohammed