Abdel Fattah al-Sissi , né le 19 novembre 1954 au Caire, est un militaire et homme d'État égyptien. Président de la République arabe d'Égypte depuis 2014, il est également président de l'Union africaine entre 2019 et 2020.
Militaire de carrière, il a suivi une formation en Égypte, au Royaume-Uni puis aux États-Unis. Ses compétences et sa loyauté envers le régime égyptien lui valent d'être nommé directeur des services de renseignements militaires par le président Hosni Moubarak. Après la révolution égyptienne de 2011 et l'élection, l'année suivante, de Mohamed Morsi à la présidence de la République, il est nommé ministre de la Défense par celui-ci, succédant au maréchal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, homme fort de l'armée.
Promu vice-Premier ministre après avoir organisé le coup d'État militaire du 3 juillet 2013 contre le président islamiste Mohamed Morsi, il abroge la Constitution égyptienne de 2012, élaborée par les partisans du président déchu, et conforte son influence politique avec l'adoption d'une nouvelle loi fondamentale, parallèle à de nouvelles élections. Il se démet de ses fonctions gouvernementales le 26 mars 2014 pour se présenter à l'élection présidentielle du 28 mai 2014, qu'il remporte avec 96,1 % des suffrages, bien que l'issue de ce scrutin soit contestée.
Si son élection a permis à l'armée de retrouver pleinement le pouvoir politique qui lui a été ôté à l'issue de la révolution égyptienne de 2011, al-Sissi est globalement présenté comme un dictateur, par les analystes, mais aussi par ses opposants qui le comparent à de précédents chefs de l'État égyptien, eux-mêmes issus de l'armée. Il est réélu en 2018.
En septembre 2019, il est confronté à des manifestations, une première depuis 2013.
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“The Egyptians won't forget those who stood with them, or against them.”
- El-Sisi http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/10/07/egyptian-people-will-never-forget-who-stood-with-them-or-against-them-al-sisi/
2013
Remarks by el-Sisi during a cultural symposium organized by MOD Department of Moral Affairs on 11 January 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w50oWry07E.
2014
Remarks by el-Sisi during celebrating the night of El-Kadr on 25 July 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6d_ln9MQHk.
2014
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c.
2013
-El-Sisi http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/10/07/egyptian-people-will-never-forget-who-stood-with-them-or-against-them-al-sisi/
2013
Remarks by el-Sisi asking Egyptian women to go vote on the referendum during a cultural symposium organized by MOD Department of Moral Affairs on 11 January 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w50oWry07E.
2014
Remarks by al-Sisi responding to alleged human rights abuses at home during an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett on 21 September 2016 https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2016/9/24/sisi-egypt-is-safe-does-not-violate-human-rights/
2016
“You left the Egyptians. You turned your back on the Egyptians, and they won’t forget that.”
El-Sisi to Washington Post on The United States administration. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/rare-interview-with-egyptian-gen-abdel-fatah-al-sissi/2013/08/03/a77eb37c-fbc4-11e2-a369-d1954abcb7e3_story.html
2013
“Anyone harms you will be wiped from the face of Earth.”
El-Sisi addressing the Egyptians. http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-hikes-assault-muslim-brotherhood-182705477.html
2013
“Don't let any of the incidents happening now affect the will of Egyptians.”
-El-Sisi http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-hikes-assault-muslim-brotherhood-182705477.html
2013
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c.
2013
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c.
2013
Source: Remarks by US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump following his New York meeting with al-Sisi on 22 September 2016 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/25/trump-s-crisis-nobody-is-talking-about-is-in-egypt.html
“Don’t you know that you are the light of our eyes?”
El-Sisi addressing the Egyptians in a common Arabic expression of love to show how much the Egyptian Armed Forces love the Egyptians.
As reported in Al Arabiya, 20 Dec 2013 http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2013/12/20/Egypt-Leaks-help-not-hurt-el-Sissi-s-image.html
2013
“We don't forget, and won't forget.”
Remarks by el-Sisi on Sinai liberation celebrations day (28 April 2013) regarding the Egyptian soldiers killed before http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x1xN8LUYG4.
2013
Negad Borai, Egyptian rights activist; as reported in Al Arabiya, 20 Dec 2013 http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2013/12/20/Egypt-Leaks-help-not-hurt-el-Sissi-s-image.html.
About
“We can bear that. for the sake of our country, are you blaming us for loving our country or what?”
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c.
2013
Remarks by al-Sisi responding to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump proposing to ban Muslim immigration to the US during an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett on 21 September 2016 http://time.com/4502537/egypt-sisi/
2016
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c.
2013
Variante: Simply, all what we did is that we avoided the country a big crisis and a battle between Egyptians. Beware, instead of Egyptians fighting each other, no, you can fight us, and we protect all. how many would fight us? but Egyptians fighting each other would be a big war we couldn't have had the ability to deal with.
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c.
2013
Remarks by al-Sisi responding to Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton's claims that Egypt is "an army dictatorship" during an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett on 21 September 2016 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/21/us/egyptian-president-abdel-fattah-el-sisi-erin-burnett-outfront-cnn/
2016
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c.
2013
Remarks by el-Sisi asking Egyptian women to go vote on the referendum during a cultural symposium organized by MOD Department of Moral Affairs on 11 January 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w50oWry07E.
2014
“The nobility of securing the people's will, is more important to me than Egypt's rule.”
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c.
2013
Remarks by el-Sisi during a cultural symposium organized by MOD Department of Moral Affairs on 11 January 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w50oWry07E.
2014
Remarks by el-Sisi during celebrating the night of El-Kadr on 25 July 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6d_ln9MQHk.
2014
“The Egyptian Army is like that pyramid, it cannot be broken.”
- El-Sisi http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/10/07/egyptian-people-will-never-forget-who-stood-with-them-or-against-them-al-sisi/
2013
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as reported by Anadolu Agency on 3 June 2015 http://aa.com.tr/en/politics/erdogan-did-not-attend-un-dinner-to-avoid-egypts-sisi/40683
About
“The hand that harms any Egyptian, must be cut.”
-El-sisi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSpNU7cxKKA
2013
Remarks by el-Sisi during a cultural symposium organized by MOD Department of Moral Affairs on 11 January 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w50oWry07E.
2014
