Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to be sworn in as president for third term
Al Jazeera
El-Sisi’s new term of six years is supposed to be his last, according to the constitution.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be sworn in for a third consecutive term on Tuesday in the new capital being built outside Cairo, according to government news outlet Al-Ahram.
El-Sisi “will take the oath of office on the constitution Tuesday in the new parliament premises in the administrative capital”, east of Cairo, Al-Ahram reported on Monday.
In power for more than a decade, the 69-year-old leader will officially begin his term on Wednesday, more than three months after he was re-elected with 89.6 percent of the vote in an election pitting him against three largely unknown candidates.
His new term of six years is supposed to be his last, according to the constitution.
The former head of the army and minister of defence, el-Sisi came to power after the 2013 overthrow of the country’s first popularly elected president, Mohamed Morsi. He was re-elected in 2018. In both previous elections, he won with 97 percent of the vote.
