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the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah SisiHe won a new term as head of the country after winning nearly 90% of the votes in the last elections, according to data published today by the National Elections Authority. head of the organization, Hazem BadawiHe pointed out that Sisi requested 89.6% of the voters’ votes, with a total of 39,702,451 votes, far outperforming the other three candidates who aspire to the presidency.
Al-Sisi, the most likely candidate, was director of military intelligence between 2010 and 2012, when he was appointed Minister of Defense by the then Islamist president. Mohamed MorsyWhich won the country’s first democratic elections, which were held after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak after weeks of mobilization within the framework of the Arab Spring.
He then led a coup in July 2013 that ousted Morsi, who was arrested and died in 2019 after collapsing during a court session, leading to Adly Mansour being appointed interim president until he chose in 2014 to leave his position in the military to run for president. The 2014 presidential elections, which he won.
The president, who faced three less ambitious rivals, including two figures considered close to him, is accused of leading an authoritarian regime and harshly repressing the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and pro-democracy activists who rallied against Mubarak.
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