Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Some of the key events about Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- 1977Graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy
- 1992Appointed as the commander of the Northern Military Region
- 2010Appointed as the Director of Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance
- 2012Promoted to the rank of General and appointed as Minister of Defense
- 2013Led the military's removal of President Mohamed Morsi following mass protests
- 2013Led a military coup that overthrew Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi
- 2013Oversaw the Rabaa massacre, where security forces killed hundreds of protesters
- 2014Won the presidential election with 96.9% of the vote
- 2014Implemented a law restricting public protests and demonstrations
- 2015Launched the New Suez Canal project, expanding and modernizing the waterway
- 2015Expanded the definition of terrorism to include civil disobedience
- 2016Initiated the "1.5 Million Feddan" project to increase Egypt's agricultural land
- 2016Handed over two strategic Red Sea islands, Tiran and Sanafir, to Saudi Arabia
- 2017Ratified a law giving him control over choosing heads of judicial bodies
- 2018Re-elected as President for a second term
- 2018Won a second term as president in an election widely criticized as unfair
- 2019Pushed through constitutional amendments allowing him to potentially rule until 2030
- 2020Arrested thousands of people in a crackdown on anti-government protests
- 2021Announced the moving of Egypt's administrative capital to a new city east of Cairo
- 2021Expanded powers to transfer civilians to military courts for trial
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