Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who became the 6th president of Egypt in 2014. He previously served as Egypt’s deputy prime minister from 2013 to 2014, as its minister of defense from 2012 to 2013, and as its director of military intelligence from 2010 to 2012. In January 2014, he got promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

Born Name

Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi

Nick Names

The Quiet General, General Sisi

Sun Sign

Scorpio

Born Place

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Republic of Egypt

Residence

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Republic of Egypt

Nationality

Education

Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attended the Egyptian Military Academy (the oldest and most prominent military academy in Egypt) and graduated in 1977. He joined the Egyptian Command and Staff College in 1987 and enrolled in its General Command and Staff Course. He then attended the Joint Services Command and Staff College (a British military academic) in 1992 and enrolled in its General Command and Staff Course. In 2003, he started studying at Nasser Military Academy in Egypt.

Afterward, he attended the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 2006 and joined its War Course. Additionally, he has also done a Basic Infantry Course from the United States.

Occupation

Politician, Retired Military Officer

Family

• Father – Said Hussein Khalili al-Sisi (Owned an antique shop for tourists in the historic bazaar of Khan el-Khalili)
• Mother – Soad Mohamed
• Siblings – He has 1 older sibling and 6 younger paternal half-siblings.
• Others – Noha Al-Tohami (Daughter-In-Law, Mahmoud el-Sisi’s Wife) (the daughter of Farid Al-Tohamy, the former head of the General Intelligence and Administrative Control Authority)

Build

Average

Height

5 ft 7 in or 170 cm

Weight

75 kg or 165.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has dated –

1. Entissar Amer ​(1977-Present) – In the year 1977, he got married to his cousin Entissar Amer. They parent 4 children – 3 sons named Mahmoud el-Sisi (b. 1982), Mostafa el-Sisi, and Hassan el-Sisi and a daughter named Aya el-Sisi.

Race / Ethnicity

White

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Quiet demeanor

Religion

Islam

Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Facts

1. He spent his childhood years growing up in Gamaleya, near al-Azhar Mosque.
2. His parents hailed from Monufia Governorate.
3. After graduating from the Egyptian Military Academy, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held many command positions in the Egyptian Armed Forces and served as Egypt’s military attaché in Riyadh.
4. During the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, he became the youngest member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and served as the director of the military intelligence and reconnaissance department. As a member of the council, he made a controversial statement regarding allegations that Egyptian soldiers had subjected detained female demonstrators to forced virginity tests. He reportedly told Egypt’s state-owned newspaper that “the virginity-test procedure was done to protect the girls from r*pe as well as to protect the soldiers and officers from r*pe accusations.” With this, he became the first member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to admit that the tests had been carried out.
5. Throughout his military service, he was never a part of active combat.
6. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has been called an authoritarian leader.
7. He has advocated for the reform and modernization of Islam and even called for an end to the Islamic verbal divorce, an idea that was rejected by a council of scholars from Al-Azhar University.
8. After he became the president of Egypt in 2014, The Guardian described his public persona as one marked by “calmness and piety with a mixture of austerity and warmth”.
9. He prefers to keep his private life away from the public eye.
10. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has described himself as “a doctor whose diagnoses are sought after by top philosophers and prominent world leaders.”

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