List of presidents of Egypt

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The office of President of Egypt is the head of state and the head of government of Egypt and the Supreme Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces. The president is elected to a six-year term by popular vote, under the Constitution of Egypt.

Current Presidential Standard of Egypt (1984–present)
Former Presidential Standard (1972–1984)
Former Presidential Standard (1953–1958)

The first president, Mohamed Naguib, was sworn in following the declaration of the Republic on 18 June 1953. The incumbent president is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has assumed office on 8 June 2014.

Background

The first president of Egypt was Mohamed Naguib, one of the leaders of the Free Officers Movement who led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and 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 Mubarak's election as his successor, and Adly Mansour acted as president after Morsi's overthrow in the 2013 coup d'état.

Following Mubarak's resignation on 11 February 2011[1] 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 (SCAF), Field Marshal Muhammad Hussein Tantawy.[2]

Morsi took office on 30 June 2012, after being elected by the presidential election held on 23–24 May and 16–17 June 2012.[3] He was deposed by the Egyptian Armed Forces in a coup d'état on 3 July 2013, following massive protests calling for his resignation.[4] He was succeeded by 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.[5]

Current President el-Sisi took office on 8 June 2014, after being elected by the presidential election held on 26–28 May 2014.[6] He was re-elected twice (by the presidential election held on 26–28 March 2018[7] and by the presidential election held on 10–12 December 2023[8]).

List of officeholders

Political parties
  Liberation Rally
Other affiliations
  Unaffiliated
Status
  Denotes acting or interim president
Symbols

P Presidential referendum

CT Constitutional and term extension referendum

Died in office

More information No., Portrait ...
No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Term of office Party Election Vice President
Republic of Egypt
(18 June 1953 – 22 February 1958)
1 Photographic portrait of Mohamed Naguib Mohamed Naguib
محمد نجيب
(1901–1984)
18 June 1953

14 November 1954
(Resigned)
1 year, 149 days Military
Liberation Rally
Photographic portrait of Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser
جمال عبد الناصر
(1918–1970)
Chairman of RCC from 1954 to 1956
14 November 1954

23 June 1956
1 year, 222 days Military
2 23 June 1956

22 February 1958
1 year, 244 days Liberation Rally
(until 1957)
1956[P]
National Union
United Arab Republic
(22 February 1958 – 11 September 1971)
(2) Photographic portrait of Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser
جمال عبد الناصر
(1918–1970)
22 February 1958

28 September 1970[†]
12 years, 218 days National Union
(until 1962)
1958[P] Sabri al-Asali
Akram al-Hourani
Abdel Latif Boghdadi
Abdel Hakim Amer
Nur al-Din Kahala
Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj
Kamal el-Din Hussein
Zakaria Mohieddin
Hussein el-Shafei
Arab Socialist Union 1965[P] Anwar Sadat
Hassan Ibrahim
Ali Sabri
3 Photographic portrait of Anwar Sadat Anwar Sadat
أنور السادات
(1918–1981)
28 September 1970

15 October 1970
17 days Arab Socialist Union Vacant through
30 October 1970
15 October 1970

11 September 1971
331 days 1970[P] Ali Sabri
Arab Republic of Egypt
(11 September 1971 – present)
(3) Photographic portrait of Anwar Sadat Anwar Sadat
أنور السادات
(1918–1981)
11 September 1971

6 October 1981
(Assassinated)
10 years, 25 days Arab Socialist Union
(until 1978)
1976[P] Vacant through
16 January 1972
Mahmoud Fawzi
Vacant after
18 September 1974
Hosni Mubarak
National Democratic
Photographic portrait of Sufi Abu Taleb Sufi Abu Taleb
صوفى أبو طالب
(1925–2008)
Interim president
6 October 1981

14 October 1981
8 days National Democratic Hosni Mubarak
4 Photographic portrait of Hosni Mubarak Hosni Mubarak
حسنى مبارك
(1928–2020)
14 October 1981

11 February 2011
(Overthrown)
29 years, 120 days National Democratic 1981[P] Vacant through
29 January 2011
1987[P]
1993[P]
1999[P]
2005 Omar Suleiman
Mohamed Hussein
محمد حسين طنطاوي
(1935–2021)
Chairman of SCAF
(De facto head of state)
11 February 2011

30 June 2012
1 year, 140 days Military Vacant throughout
presidency
5 Photographic portrait of Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Morsi
محمد مرسي
(1951–2019)
30 June 2012

3 July 2013
(Deposed in a coup)
1 year, 3 days Freedom and Justice 2012 Vacant through
12 August 2012
Mahmoud Mekki
Vacant after
22 December 2012
Abolished after
26 December 2012
Photographic portrait of Adly Mansour Adly Mansour
عدلي منصور
(b.1945)
Interim president
4 July 2013

8 June 2014
339 days Unaffiliated Abolished through
14 July 2014
Mohamed ElBaradei
(Interim)
Vacant after
14 August 2013
Abolished after
18 January 2014
6 Photographic portrait of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
عبد الفتاح السيسى
(b.1954)
8 June 2014

Incumbent
11 years, 331 days Unaffiliated 2014 Abolished through
23 April 2019
2018
2019[CT] Vacant after
23 April 2019
2023
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Timeline

Abdel Fattah el-SisiAdly MansourMohamed MorsiMuhammad Hussein TantawyHosni MubarakSufi Abu TalebAnwar SadatGamal Abdel NasserMohamed Naguib

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