Egypt’s Sisi wins third term as president
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has swept to a third six-year term as Egypt’s president, securing 89.6 percent of the votes in the election.
Egypt’s Sisi wins third term as president
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Egypt’s Sisi wins third term as president

Photo: AFP/Anadolu Agency/Mohamed Elshahed
Eurasia 22/12/2023 20:05

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has swept to a third six-year term as Egypt’s president, securing 89.6 percent of the votes in the election.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has secured a third term as leader of the Middle East’s most populous nation, officials said, after the counting of votes in the election held between December 10 and 12 was finalised, according to Al Jazeera. 

Over 39 million Egyptians cast their ballots for Sisi, a former army chief who has ruled the most populous Arab country for a decade.

The vote took place as Egypt dealt with various crises, including the Israel-Hamas war in neighbouring Gaza and the country’s worst-ever economic crisis.

Sisi was running against three other candidates, none of whom were high profile. The most prominent potential candidate ended his run complaining that his campaign had been impeded and dozens of his supporters arrested.

Runner-up Hazem Omar, who leads the Republican People’s Party, received 4.5 percent of the vote.

Next came Farid Zahran, leader of the left-leaning Egyptian Social Democratic Party, and Abdel-Sanad Yamama from the Wafd, a century-old but relatively marginal party.

Sisi is now set to serve his third – and, according to the constitution, final – term in office, starting in April.

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