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 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[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, Field Marshal Muhammad Hussein Tantawy.[2]
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.[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 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.[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 subsequently 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]).
| Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Republic of Egypt | ||||||||
| 1 | Mohamed Naguib Arabic: محمد نجيب | — | 18 June 1953 | 14 November 1954 | Military / Liberation Rally | |||
| — | Revolutionary Command Council | — | 14 November 1954 | 23 June 1956 | Military | |||
| 2 | Gamal Abdel Nasser Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر | 1956 | 23 June 1956 | 22 February 1958 | Liberation Rally | |||
| — | National Union | |||||||
| United Arab Republic | ||||||||
| 2 | Gamal Abdel Nasser Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر | 1958 1965 | 22 February 1958 | 28 September 1970 | National Union | |||
| Arab Socialist Union | ||||||||
| 3 | Anwar Sadat Arabic: أنور السادات | — | 28 September 1970 | 15 October 1970 | Arab Socialist Union | |||
| 1970 | 15 October 1970 | 2 September 1971 | ||||||
| Arab Republic of Egypt | ||||||||
| 3 | Anwar Sadat Arabic: أنور السادات | 1976 | 2 September 1971 | 6 October 1981 | Arab Socialist Union | |||
| National Democratic Party | ||||||||
| — | Sufi Abu Taleb Arabic: صوفى أبو طالب | — | 6 October 1981 | 14 October 1981 | National Democratic Party | |||
| 4 | Hosni Mubarak Arabic: حسنى مبارك | 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 | 14 October 1981 | 11 February 2011 | National Democratic Party | |||
| — | Supreme Council of the Armed Forces | — | 11 February 2011 | 30 June 2012 | Military | |||
| 5 | Mohamed Morsi Arabic: محمد مرسي | 2012 | 30 June 2012 | 3 July 2013 | Freedom and Justice Party | |||
| — | Adly Mansour Arabic: عدلي منصور | — | 4 July 2013 | 8 June 2014 | Independent | |||
| 6 | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Arabic: عبد الفتاح السيسى | 2014 2018 2023 | 8 June 2014 | Incumbent | Independent | |||