Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

His Excellency Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
عبد الفتاح السيسي
Official portrait, 2017
6th President of Egypt
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2014
Prime Minister	Ibrahim Mahlab Sherif Ismail Mostafa Madbouly
Preceded by	Mohamed Morsi Adly Mansour (interim)
Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 16 July 2013 – 26 March 2014
Prime Minister	Hazem al-Beblawi Ibrahim Mahlab
17th Chairperson of the African Union
In office 10 February 2019 – 10 February 2020
Preceded by	Paul Kagame
Succeeded by	Cyril Ramaphosa[1]
Minister of Defence
In office 12 August 2012 – 26 March 2014
Prime Minister	Hesham Qandil Hazem al-Beblawi Ibrahim Mahlab
Preceded by	Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Succeeded by	Sedki Sobhy
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
In office 12 August 2012 – 26 March 2014
Preceded by	Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Succeeded by	Sedki Sobhy
Director of Military Intelligence
In office 3 January 2010 – 12 August 2012
Preceded by	Murad Muwafi
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Hegazy
Personal details
Born	Abd el-Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi (1954-11-19) 19 November 1954 (age 70) El Gamaleya, Cairo, Egypt
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Entissar Amer ​ (m. 1977)​
Children	4, including Mahmoud
Alma mater	Egyptian Military Academy
Signature
Military service
Branch/service	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1977–2014
Rank	Field marshal
Unit	Infantry
Battles/wars	Gulf War Sinai insurgency Second Libyan Civil War Yemeni Civil War

Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi^[a] (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has been serving as the sixth overall 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 in August 2012, replacing Hussein 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 by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian democracy followed. Under 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, the Rabaa massacre, leading to international criticism.^[3] The dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins by the police and military forces resulted in the killing of about 3,000 civilians and the arrests of almost 19,000.^[4] Human Rights Watch describes the massacres as crimes against humanity.^[5][6]

After the 2014 presidential election,^[7] Sisi was sworn into office as President of Egypt in June 2014.^[8] Sisi faced minimal opposition in the 2018 and 2023 presidential elections, after other candidates were barred from running or boycotted the election due to repression.^{[9][10][11][12]} Most independent observers view Sisi as a dictator.^[13] He leads an authoritarian government and, according to Human Rights Watch, "relies on naked coercion and the military and security services as his main vehicles of control".^{[14][15][16][17][18]} Elements of his rule have been described as even more draconian than that of prior authoritarian leader Mubarak.^[19][20] In 2024, Egyptian citizens and activists organised an online "Dignity Revolution", resulting in widespread anti-regime protests.^{[21][22][23][24]} Sisi's government heavily cracked down on dissent in response, arbitrarily detaining hundreds.^[24] Analysts have described Egypt under Sisi as "The Sick Man of the Middle East" due to his fragile rule and Egypt's economic turbulence.^[18][25][26]

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