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Egypt

Abdel Fattah Khalil el Sisi

Date of Birth: 19 November 1954
Place of Birth: Cairo


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Desperately seeking dollars

President Abdel Fatah el Sisi's guest signed economic aid agreements worth US$22 billion and Saudi business people accompanying him pledged to pour funds into Egyptian development schemes...


Drawing a line in Libya

Cairo could provide useful support in Libya although there is discomfort – more in London and Washington than in Paris – that the authoritarian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi might make a difficult ally...

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One country for old men

Arab donors on the other hand have been far more generous to President Abdel Fatah el Sisi's authoritarian revival in Egypt than to democratic Tunisia...


Rows in the echo chamber

On 12 January 2015 in the run-up to Egypt's parliamentary elections President Abdel Fatah el Sisi invited the heads of 15 of the newly formed political parties to the Presidential Palace...


Investment and insecurity

The election of a new Parliament at the end of 2015 marked the culmination of a political transition mapped out in July 2013 by Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi when as army Commander he deposed Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Mursi...


Police under fire for excesses

President Abdel Fattah el Sisi is reportedly attempting to persuade the police to curb their excesses especially against detainees who are not suspected of political activism...


Richer military, fewer voters

With the record low turnout for the general elections on 18-19 October likely to delegitimise Parliament and further strengthen the hand of President Abdel Fatah el Sisi the military and the security services are grabbing more financial privileges...


First laws, then parliament

There is little chance of the laws passed during the first part of President Abdel Fatah el Sisi's rule being repealed as the new constitution allows only 15 days for the Parliament to review the legislation passed by decree...


Mote and beemer

It is well-known in Cairo that there are family ties between the Ghabbours and Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour who has been Minister of Trade Industry and Investment since Abdel Fatah el Sisi led the military takeover in July 2013...


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