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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Egypt's presidential elections

Workers clean the street under a billboard supporting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for the presidential elections, in Cairo, Egypt, December 10, 2023. (Amr Nabil/AP)
December 18, 2023, 7:10 pm
Facing negligible opposition, Sissi wins third term as Egypt’s president
Scooping 89.6% of vote against nearly invisible opponents, Egyptian strongman granted another six years in power, but faces national economic crisis
By AP
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
Members of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's campaign staff stand next to boxes containing the signatures of support needed to register for the elections, at the National Election Authority in Cairo, on January 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
February 13, 2018, 1:50 pm
International rights groups say Egypt’s election unfair
Sissi government has ‘made a mockery of the basic rights’ won in 2011 uprising, say 14 NGOs, after political rivals banned from entering presidential race
By Hamza Hendawi
In this undated file image released Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018 on the official Facebook account of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, shows workers carrying boxes that bear the president's image and the phrase "long live Egypt!" in Cairo, Egypt. (Egyptian President's Facebook page via AP, File)
January 29, 2018, 5:04 pm
Obscure politician emerges as face-saving challenger to Sissi in Egypt vote
Moussa Osman Moussa announces candidacy at the last moment, sparing president embarrassment of running uncontested after other candidates forced out
By Hamza Hendawi
Lasheen Ibrahim, head of the National Electoral Commission, which is in charge of supervising the 2018 Egyptian presidential election, center, and members of the commission prepare to give a press conference at the commission headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, January 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
January 8, 2018, 6:25 pm
Egypt to hold presidential election March 26-28
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi yet to formally announce bid for reelection but is expected to run and win second four-year term
By AP
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt, on December 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
December 24, 2017, 10:50 pm
Egyptian president’s backers say 12 million want him to run again
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi yet to officially declare candidacy, but almost certain to win 2018 election
By Hamza Hendawi
In this May 8, 2014 file photo, Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in a defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. (AP/Tarek el-Gabbas, File)
October 20, 2016, 11:13 pm
Mossad man ‘met with Morsi on eve of his becoming Egypt president’
Muslim Brotherhood leader, later deposed by Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, reportedly told agent that ‘Israel not an enemy’
By Sue Surkes
In this May 8, 2014 file photo, Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in a defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. (AP/Tarek el-Gabbas, File)
April 19, 2015, 5:42 am
Egypt’s Morsi faces possible death penalty
Execution of country’s first freely elected leader would mark ‘escalation’ by military-backed Sissi government, says expert
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Egypt's ex-army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi after casting his vote at a polling station in the north Cairo district of Heliopolis on May 26, 2014. (Photo credit: Khaled Desouki/AFP)
June 3, 2014, 8:36 pm
Egypt’s el-Sissi officially named president-elect
Electoral commission announces final results, with the former army chief winning 96.9 percent of votes
By AFP
Voters line up as some take shade under a national flag outside a polling station to vote for president in an election that comes nearly a year after the military's ouster of the nation's first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 26, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 26, 2014, 7:41 pm
Pro-military fervor at polls as Egyptians vote
El-Sissi supporters sport T-shirts with image of leader, sing pro-army pop songs as presidential election kicks off
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and MARIAM RIZK
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (photo credit: An-Najah University)
May 23, 2014, 4:16 pm
Rami Hamdallah to head new Palestinian government
Egypt preps for elections this week by deploying massive number of soldiers; Syria summons Druze politician for questioning
By Elhanan Miller
Egyptian students from Cairo University, supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, demonstrate on campus, March 19, 2014. (AFP/Topshots/Mohamed el-Shahed)
May 20, 2014, 2:20 am
Gunmen kill 3 policemen near Cairo university
Nine more police officers wounded in attack; in Sinai, militants blow up gas pipeline
By AFP
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. (photo credit: AP/Egypt's State Television)
May 12, 2014, 8:47 am
Egypt’s el-Sissi promises progress in 2 years
Vowing to be frank about country’s problems, ex-military chief warns Egyptians must lower their expectations
By Sarah El Deeb
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