President
Muhammad Naguib (in office June 18,1953 to
November 14, 1954)--Assumed office after leading the
Egyptian
Revolution of 1952, in which King Farouk was overthown
by then-Lieutenant General Muhammad Naguib and Gamel
Abdel Nasser. Naguib becomes Egypt's first
President.
President
Gamal Abdel Nasser (in
office November 14, 1954 to September 28,
1970)--Nasser became president after forcing President
Naguib from office. Nasser served as president until
his death. Nasser was succeeded by his vice-president,
Anwar Sadat.
President
Anwar el-Sadat (in
office September 28, 1970 to October 6, 1981 )--Sadat
became president upon the death of his predecessor,
Gamel Nasser. Sadat waged war against Israel in 1973,
and made peace with Israel in 1979. In October, 1981
Sadat was assassinated by Muslim militants who were
unhappy with his peace treaty with Israel. He was
succeeded by his vice-president, Hosni
Mubarak.
President
Hosni
Mubarak (in office
October 6, 1981 to February 11, 2011 )--Mubarak became
president upon the assassination of his predecessor,
Anwar Sadat. Mubarak imposed Emergency Rule upon the
death of Sadat, and maintained his rule as an
autocratic dictator until resignining the presidency
in February, 2011 in the face of massive
unrest.
As of February 11, 2011, the
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, led by Field
Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman, became the
ruling authority upon the resignation of President
Mubarak.
President Mohammed
Morsi--(elected in June, 2012, overthrown by the
military in July, 2013)--Morsi, running as the
candidate of the once-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, won
Egypt's first free election with nearly 52% of the
vote.
President Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi -(President since June, 2014) As
commander of the Egyptian military, al-Sisi overthrew
the elected government of Mohammed Morsi in July,
2013. In May, 2014, and election was held (in which
the Muslim Brotherood was not allowed to participate),
and al-Sisi won 96% of the vote. He became president
in June, 2014.
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