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.
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]).
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Died in office
| scope=col | scope=col class=unsortable | Portrait | scope=col | Name | scope=col colspan=2 | Term of office | scope=col colspan=2 | Party | scope=col class=unsortable | Election | scope=col class=unsortable | Vice President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of Egypt | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Mohamed Naguib Arabic: محمد نجيب | – | Military | — | — | ||||||||
| Liberation Rally | |||||||||||||
| — | Gamal Abdel Nasser Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر | – | Military | — | — | ||||||||
| 2 | – | Liberation Rally | |||||||||||
| National Union | |||||||||||||
| United Arab Republic | |||||||||||||
| (2) | Gamal Abdel Nasser Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر | – | National Union | ||||||||||
| Arab Socialist Union | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Anwar Sadat Arabic: أنور السادات | – | Arab Socialist Union | — | Vacant through 30 October 1970 | ||||||||
– | |||||||||||||
| Arab Republic of Egypt | |||||||||||||
| (3) | Anwar Sadat Arabic: أنور السادات | – | Arab Socialist Union | Vacant through 16 January 1972 | |||||||||
| Vacant after 18 September 1974 | |||||||||||||
| National Democratic | |||||||||||||
| — | Sufi Abu Taleb Arabic: صوفى أبو طالب | – | National Democratic | — | |||||||||
| 4 | Hosni Mubarak Arabic: حسنى مبارك | – | National Democratic | Vacant through 29 January 2011 | |||||||||
| 2005 | |||||||||||||
| — | Muhammad Hussein Tantawy Arabic: محمد حسين طنطاوي | – | Military | — | Vacant throughout presidency | ||||||||
| 5 | Mohamed Morsi Arabic: محمد مرسي | – | Freedom and Justice | 2012 | Vacant through 12 August 2012 | ||||||||
| Vacant after 22 December 2012 | |||||||||||||
| Abolished after 26 December 2012 | |||||||||||||
| — | Adly Mansour Arabic: عدلي منصور | – | Unaffiliated | — | Abolished through 14 July 2014 | ||||||||
| Vacant after 14 August 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Abolished after 18 January 2014 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Arabic: عبد الفتاح السيسى | – Incumbent | Unaffiliated | 2014 | Abolished through 23 April 2019 | ||||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Vacant after 23 April 2019 | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||||||
