List of presidents of Egypt

File:Presidential Standard of Egypt.svg

Current Presidential Standard of Egypt (1984–present)

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 has effectively controlled the country since the 2013 coup d'état, and was officially elected president in 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 the Mubarak's election as 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 Muhammad Hussein Tantawy.

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.

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 twice (by the presidential election held on 26–28 March 2018 and by the presidential election held on 10–12 December 2023).

List of officeholders

Political parties

  Liberation Rally (LR)

  National Union (NU)

  Arab Socialist Union (ASU)

  National Democratic Party (NDP)

  Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)

Other affiliations

  Military

  Independent

Status

  Denotes acting or interim president

Symbols

^P Presidential referendum

^CT Constitutional and term extension referendum

^† Died in office

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
File:Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Republic of Egypt File:Coat of arms of Egypt (1953–1958).svg (18 June 1953 – 22 February 1958)
1	File:Mohamed Naguib1952.jpg	Mohamed Naguib (1901–1984)	—	18 June 1953	14 November 1954 (Resigned)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military / Liberation Rally
—	File:Nasser 1961.jpg	Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970) Chairman of RCC from 1954 to 1956	—	14 November 1954	23 June 1956	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military
2			Template:Text	23 June 1956	22 February 1958	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Liberation Rally (until 1957)
			—				style="background:Template:Party color;" |	National Union
File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic File:Coat of arms of United Arab Republic (Syria 1958-61, Egypt 1958-1971).svg (22 February 1958 – 11 September 1971)
(2)	File:Nasser 1961.jpg	Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970)	Template:Text Template:Text	22 February 1958	28 September 1970[†]	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |	National Union (until 1962)
							style="background:Template:Party color; color:;" |	Arab Socialist Union
—	File:Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg	Anwar Sadat (1918–1981)	—	28 September 1970	15 October 1970	Template:Ayd	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Arab Socialist Union
3			Template:Text	15 October 1970	11 September 1971	Template:Ayd
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Arab Republic of Egypt File:Coat of arms of Egypt (Official).svg (11 September 1971 – present)
(3)	File:Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg	Anwar Sadat (1918–1981)	Template:Text	11 September 1971	6 October 1981 (Assassinated)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Arab Socialist Union (until 1978)
							style="background:Template:Party color;" |	National Democratic Party
—	File:Sufi Abu Taleb.gif	Sufi Abu Taleb (1925–2008) Acting	—	6 October 1981	14 October 1981	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	National Democratic Party
4	File:Hosni Mubarak - Official Photo.JPG	Hosni Mubarak (1928–2020)	Template:Text Template:Text Template:Text Template:Text 2005	14 October 1981	11 February 2011 (Overthrown)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	National Democratic Party
—	File:Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi 2002.jpg	Muhammad Hussein Tantawy (1935–2021) Chairman of SCAF (De facto head of state)	—	11 February 2011	30 June 2012	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military
5	File:Mohamed Morsi official portrait.jpg	Mohamed Morsi (1951–2019)	2012	30 June 2012	3 July 2013 (Deposed in a coup)	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Freedom and Justice Party
—	File:Adly Mansour.JPG	Adly Mansour (born 1945) Interim	—	4 July 2013	8 June 2014	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent
6	File:AbdelFattah Elsisi (cropped).jpg	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (born 1954)	2014 2018 Template:Text 2023	8 June 2014	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent

Timeline

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See also

• Muhammad Ali dynasty
  • List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali dynasty
• President of Egypt
• Vice President of Egypt
• Prime Minister of Egypt
  • List of prime ministers of Egypt
• Speaker of the House of Representatives (Egypt)
  • List of speakers of the House of Representatives (Egypt)