Egypt's Sisi to be sworn in Tuesday for third term

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi will be sworn in on Tuesday for a third consecutive term in the new capital being built outside Cairo,...

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be sworn in on Tuesday for a third consecutive term in the new capital being built outside Cairo, government newspaper Al-Ahram confirmed on Monday.

In power for over a decade, Sisi "will take the oath of office on the constitution on Tuesday in the new parliament premises in the administrative capital", east of Cairo, Al-Ahram said.

Officially, the 69-year-old Sisi will begin his term on Wednesday, more than three months after he was reelected with 89.6 percent of the vote against three largely-unknown candidates.

The former head of the army and minister of defence, Sisi led the ouster of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi following massive popular protests around the country.

His new term of six years is supposed to be his last, according to the constitution.