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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Egypt elections

An Egyptian man casts his ballot during the presidential election, at a polling station in downtown Cairo on December 10, 2023 (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
December 10, 2023, 11:18 am
Egyptians head to polls to hand Sissi fresh term as president
Longtime leader who seized power in 2013 coup faces no serious challengers, with Cairo’s attention on Gaza, but authorities still hoping for high turnout to lend results legitimacy
By AP
Vehicles pass under a billboard supporting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for the coming presidential elections, erected by Egypt's political party of Homat Watan, the Protectors of the Nation, in Cairo, Egypt, on September 4, 2023. Arabic reads, 'Yes for stability.' Egypt will hold a presidential election over three days in December, officials announced Monday, September 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
September 25, 2023, 7:14 pm
Egypt sets December presidential election, with Sissi set to retain power till 2030
No challenger likely to prevent a fresh six-year term for Sissi, who led the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi in 2013 and was sworn in as president almost 10 years ago
By AP
Then Egyptian armed forces Chief of Staff Sami Annan prays for 16 Egyptian soldiers who were killed, in Cairo, Egypt, August 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
December 23, 2019, 3:13 am
Egypt frees ex-general arrested who challenged president
Military court had sentenced Sami Annan to 9 years in prison for saying he would run against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi
By Samy Magdy
People walk past a banner supporting proposed amendments to the Egyptian constitution with a picture of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, Egypt, on April 16, 2019. (AP/Amr Nabil)
April 26, 2019, 6:13 am
Egypt referendum firms up Sissi rule as regional unrest flares
Egyptians seek stability and see no alternative to current president, expert says
By Bassem Aboualabass
Election workers count ballots at the end of three-day vote on constitutional amendments at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 23, 2019, 1:55 am
Egypt polls close after 3-day vote to extend el-Sissi’s rule until 2030
Constitutional amendment, seen as another step toward authoritarian rule eight years after pro-democracy uprising, is nearly guaranteed to pass
By Samy Magdy
A voter casts her ballot at polling station in Cairo, Egypt, April 21, 2019 on constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in power until 2030. (AP/Amr Nabil)
April 21, 2019, 5:56 pm
Voters offered rides, food as Egypt pushes for Sissi term extension to 2030
With three days of balloting, government hoping for high turnout to grant legitimacy to referendum on constitutional change
By AP
Banners showing Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hang in Tahrir Square, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
June 1, 2018, 11:14 am
Wave of arrests in Egypt ahead of Sissi’s second term
Crackdown on bloggers, journalists, activists condemned by watchdogs and EU foreign policy chief
By Mona Salem
In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency, MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi votes in Cairo, Egypt, March 27, 2018. (MENA via AP)
March 29, 2018, 11:50 pm
Egypt’s Sissi wins second term with 92% of vote, but only 41.5% turnout
President’s sole challenger was little-known supporter, who registered late, saving discredited election from being a still more embarrassing one-horse race
By Emmanuel Parisse
People travel on a public bus under an election banner for Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with Arabic that reads, "you are the hope," in Cairo, Egypt, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 29, 2018, 7:17 pm
Egyptian media say election turnout was around 40 percent
Officials said to goad citizens to polls in effort to maintain vote’s legitimacy after all serious challengers to Sissi were bullied out of race
By MENNA ZAKI
Banners showing Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hang in Tahrir Square, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 29, 2018, 12:51 pm
As expected, Egypt’s Sissi reelected with more than 90% of vote
Preliminary results say only about a third of eligible voters cast their ballots, in election in which all serious competitors were banned
By Agencies
Voters at a polling station during the presidential in Cairo, Egypt, March 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March 29, 2018, 6:45 am
With no real contest for Sissi, all eyes on turnout as Egyptians count votes
Incumbent president hopes a lack of competition and severe restrictions on media will translate into strong public support and not lackluster turnout
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Samy Magdy
A woman waves an Egyptian national flag as she hangs out a car window outside a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, March 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 27, 2018, 1:51 pm
Egypt holds second day of presidential election, but outcome not in doubt
With no real competitors to Sissi and severe restrictions on media, Cairo looks for ways to increase turnout in order to show public support
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
An Egyptian woman walks past an electoral banner commissioned by a member of parliament depicting incumbent President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi seen with a caption reading in Arabic "for the sake of Egypt we will continue the story of a nation," outside a polling station in the capital Cairo's central neighborhood of Zamalek on March 26, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
March 26, 2018, 3:02 pm
Egyptians vote, with President Sissi certain winner
Polls open after all serious rivals are barred from running; authorities focus on efforts to legitimize elections by boosting turnout
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Brian Rohan
Egyptians protest in front of an army tank in central Cairo, Egypt, January 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)
March 24, 2018, 5:32 pm
Egypt: Seven years since the revolution
Ahead of next week’s elections, a look at key events since the 2011 uprising that ended the rule of Hosni Mubarak
By AFP
Egyptian forensics check a destroyed vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in the northern port city of Alexandria, which hit a convoy of the city's security chief, on March 24, 2018. (AFP PHOTO)
March 24, 2018, 2:21 pm
2 policemen killed in Egypt in car bombing ahead of election
Blast apparently targeted the head of the Alexandria Security Directorate, who was unharmed
By AFP
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