Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi (born November 19, 1954) is an Egyptian politician who is the sixth and current President of Egypt, former Director of Military Intelligence, former Minister of Defence, and former General.

Starting February 10, 2019, Sisi also begins serving a one-year term as Chairperson of the African Union, which concludes in 2020.

Sisi was born in Cairo and after joining the Egyptian Army, held a post in Saudi Arabia before enrolling in the Egyptian Army's Command and Staff College.

In 1992, Sisi trains at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Watchfield, Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom, and then in 2006 trains at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Sisi serves as a mechanized infantry commander and then as director of military intelligence.

After the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and election of Mohamed Morsi to the Egyptian presidency, Sisi is appointed Minister of Defense by Morsi on August 12, 2012, replacing the Mubarak-era Hussein Tantawi.

As Minister of Defense, and ultimately Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Sisi is involved in the military coup that removes then President Mohamed Morsi from office on July 3, 2013, in response to June 2013 Egyptian protests, called a revolution by its proponents.

He dissolves the Egyptian Constitution of 2012 and proposes, along with leading opposition and religious figures, a new political road map, which includes the voting for a new constitution, and new parliamentary and presidential elections.

Morsi is replaced by an interim president, Adly Mansour, who appoints a new cabinet.

The interim government cracks down on the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist supporters in the months that follow, and later on certain liberal opponents of the post-Morsi administration

On  August 14, 2013, police carriyout the August 2013 Rabaa massacre, killing hundreds of civilians and wounding thousands, leading to international criticism.

On March 26, 2014, in response to calls from supporters to run for presidency, Sisi retires from his military career, announcing that he will run as a candidate in the 2014 presidential election.

The election, held between 26 and 28 May, features one opponent, Hamdeen Sabahi, sees 47% participation by eligible voters, and results in Sisi winning in a landslide victory with 97% of the vote.

Sisi is sworn into office as President of Egypt on June 8, 2014.

Sisi rules an authoritarian regime in Egypt, as the Egyptian military has unchecked power, and elections are not free and fair.

The regime has deployed torture, extrajudicial killings, home demolitions, enforced disappearances and sexual violence against critics of the regime.

The regime imprisons and tortures journalists and critics of the regime.

In the non-democratic 2018 presidential election, Sisi faces only nominal opposition (a pro-government supporter, Moussa Mostafa Moussa) after the military arrest of Sami Anan and his enforced disappearance afterwards,  threats made to Ahmed Shafik with old corruption charges and an alleged sex tape, and the withdrawal of Khaled Ali and Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat due to the overwhelming obstacles and violations made by the elections committee.

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