List of presidents of Egypt

The office of President of Egypt was established 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, who is effectively controlling the country since the 2013 coup d'état, and officially elected president in 2014.

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

Background

The first president of Egypt was Mohamed 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. He was re-elected by the presidential election held on 26–28 March 2018.

List of officeholders

Government	No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
Government	No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
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 1970)	2							National Union (until 1962)
								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)	3							Arab Socialist Union (until 1978)
								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–)	—	11 February 2011	30 June 2012	1 year, 140 days	Military
	5		Mohamed Morsi محمد مرسي (1951–2019)	2012	30 June 2012	3 July 2013 (Deposed)	1 year, 3 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[note 1]	6 years, 19 days	Independent

Timeline

Notes

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's mandate expires 8 June 2022.

References

Citations

"Adly Mansour Sworn In As Egypt's Interim President". Associated Press. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

Sources

El-Gawady, Mohamed: Cabinets during period of Revolution (1986)
Hafez, Salah: Democracy Shock (2001)

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[2] Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's mandate expires 8 June 2022.

[huffpo-1] "Adly Mansour Sworn In As Egypt's Interim President". Associated Press. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.