Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Some of the key events about Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

• 1977

  Graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy
• 1992

  Appointed as the commander of the Northern Military Region
• 2010

  Appointed as the Director of Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance
• 2012

  Promoted to the rank of General and appointed as Minister of Defense
• 2013

  Led the military's removal of President Mohamed Morsi following mass protests
• 2013

  Led a military coup that overthrew Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi
• 2013

  Oversaw the Rabaa massacre, where security forces killed hundreds of protesters
• 2014

  Won the presidential election with 96.9% of the vote
• 2014

  Implemented a law restricting public protests and demonstrations
• 2015

  Launched the New Suez Canal project, expanding and modernizing the waterway
• 2015

  Expanded the definition of terrorism to include civil disobedience
• 2016

  Initiated the "1.5 Million Feddan" project to increase Egypt's agricultural land
• 2016

  Handed over two strategic Red Sea islands, Tiran and Sanafir, to Saudi Arabia
• 2017

  Ratified a law giving him control over choosing heads of judicial bodies
• 2018

  Re-elected as President for a second term
• 2018

  Won a second term as president in an election widely criticized as unfair
• 2019

  Pushed through constitutional amendments allowing him to potentially rule until 2030
• 2020

  Arrested thousands of people in a crackdown on anti-government protests
• 2021

  Announced the moving of Egypt's administrative capital to a new city east of Cairo
• 2021

  Expanded powers to transfer civilians to military courts for trial

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