President of Egypt

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
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Incumbent Abdel Fattah el-Sisi since 8 June 2014
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Heliopolis Palace, Cairo, Egypt
Term length	Four years renewable once
Inaugural holder	Muhammad Naguib 18 June 1953
Salary	E£900,000 (approx. US$47,000) annually
Website	www.presidency.gov.eg

The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt (Arabic: رئيس جمهورية مصر العربية) is the head of state of Egypt. Under the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and head of the executive branch of the Egyptian government. The current president is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in office since 8 June 2014.

2005/2007 constitutional amendments

In 2005 and 2007, constitutional amendments were made. Principles in the amended constitution include:

• The election of the president of the republic by direct secret ballot from among all citizens who have the right to vote.
• Ensuring that multiple candidates be put forward for the people to choose from.
• Ensuring the credibility of the nomination process.
• Providing the opportunity for political parties to put forward one of their leaders to contest the first presidential elections to be held in light of the amendment.
• The establishment of a presidential election commission that would enjoy complete independence to supervise the election process.
• Carrying out the election in a single day.
• Ensuring judicial supervision over the voting process.

Candidacy

Candidates must have the recommendation of 20 members of the House of Representatives or the endorsement of 25,000 people across 15 governorates, with at least 1,000 signatures from each.

Term

The president of the republic may be re-elected once. The constitution specifies the number of terms a president shall remain in office to be limited to two terms.

Living former Presidents

There are no living former presidents. The latest to die was Hosni Mubarak, who served from 1981 to 2011, on 25 February 2020, aged 91.

List

Government	No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
					Took office	Left office	Time in office
Republic of Egypt (18 June 1953 – 22 February 1958)	1		Mohamed Naguib محمد نجيب (1901–1984)	—	18 June 1953	14 November 1954 (Resigned)	1 year, 149 days		Military / Liberation Rally
	—		Revolutionary Command Council Chairman: Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser	—	14 November 1954	23 June 1956	1 year, 222 days		Military
	2		Gamal Abdel Nasser جمال عبد الناصر (1918–1970)	1956 1958 1965	23 June 1956	28 September 1970 (Died)	14 years, 97 days		National Union (until 1962)
United Arab Republic (22 February 1958 – 2 September 1971)
									Arab Socialist Union
	3		Anwar Sadat أنور السادات (1918–1981)	1970 1976	28 September 1970 (Acting) 15 October 1970	6 October 1981 (Assassinated)	11 years, 8 days		Arab Socialist Union (until 1978)
Arab Republic of Egypt (1971 – present)
									National Democratic Party
	—		Sufi Abu Taleb صوفى أبو طالب (1925–2008)	Acting President	6 October 1981	14 October 1981	8 days		National Democratic Party
	4		Hosni Mubarak حسنى مبارك (1928–2020)	1981 1987 1993 1999 2005	14 October 1981	11 February 2011 (Resigned)	29 years, 120 days		National Democratic Party
	—		Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Chairman: Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi محمد حسين طنطاوي (1935–2021)	—	11 February 2011	20 August 2012	1 year, 191 days		Military
	5		Mohamed Morsi محمد مرسي (1951–2019)	2012	20 August 2012	3 July 2013 (Deposed)	317 days		Freedom and Justice Party
	—		Adly Mansour عدلي منصور (1945–)	Interim President	4 July 2013	8 June 2014	339 days		Independent
	6		Abdel Fattah el-Sisi عبد الفتاح السيسى (1954–)	2014 2018	8 June 2014	Incumbent	10 years, 172 days		Independent

Other websites

• The Egyptian President
• Egypt’s Second Republic