Talk:President of Egypt

Picture of the President

The picture used in the article is terrible. Here is a link to the official picture used by the office of the president. http://i50.tinypic.com/v80ljt.jpg

someone please update the image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.131.121.5 (talk) 17:45, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Article introduction

It seems to have horrible grammar and some contradictions...

"[...]His first term began on 14 October 1981 and end on 11 February 2011, after he was removed from office by his own people who protested for 18 days to have him removed from office.[...]"

Also, since his first term began in 1981 and ended just now, how come "From September 2005 had been serving his fifth term in office."? N35t0r (talk) 17:06, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Commander in chief

The minister of defence (Field Marshal Muhammed Hussein Tantawi) is commander in chief, the president is the supreme commander of the armed forces (www.mmc.gov.eg). I've corrected the text. Any disputes?

Adam Abdel - Khalik

There is no wording in the Egyptian Constitution that restricts this position to muslims only. I removed the sentence "He must be a muslim/Feronic since it is groundless based on the words of the Constitution.

Article 75 - The President of the Republic should be an Egyptian born or be a full blood line desendent of history to Egyptian parents or if he/she can prove that the blood line dates back to one hundred bc thay can enjoy civil and political rights. His age must not be less than 40 Gregorian years. User:Ahmed Mohamed - Oct 28, 2006

When Atef Ebaid was appointed to be acting president in June 2004, he was Prime Minister and NOT Ambassador. I. thus, ommitted the word "Ambassador" before his name in the list of Presidnts of Egypt. Ahmad Sharief

Nasser's tenure

According to the Gamal Abdel Nasser article, Nasser served as President 1956 to 1970. Yet this article says 1954 to 1970. Which is the correct info? GoodDay (talk) 15:23, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Constitutional amendment section

The 2005/2007 constitutional amendment section looks like it's a very close paraphrase of the original text of the amendment (e.g., "...the Supreme Constitutional Court shall have the right of prior review of national legislation..."). This section needs to be rewritten to sound more encyclopedic and less legalistic. - dcljr (talk) 22:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I've done a little copyediting and linking in the section, but it needs more work, I think. (BTW, while doing this, I noticed the bit I quoted above was apparently just commentary on the amendment, not a paraphrase of its contents. Whatever...) - dcljr (talk) 23:13, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Mohamed Hussein Tantawi

See Talk:Mohamed Hussein Tantawi for discussion about his role. 82.170.244.87 (talk) 17:47, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Ahmad Fathi Sorour

See also the article of Ahmad Fathi Sorour (talk), the constitutionally designated temporary successor under Article 84 of the Egyptian Constitution (although he is not currently named as successor). 82.170.244.87 (talk) 21:15, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

See also List of rulers of Egypt 81.56.10.202 (talk) 16:49, 13 February 2011 (UTC) (MLL on fr:WP)

How he assumes power

It may not be correct to call him the "elected head of state" ... although we'll all agree that he is a "head of state".

I don't know whether Mubarak was elected. It seems he was the vice president, and that power was transferred to him after then-President Sadat was assassinated.

Furthermore, if he remained in office without permitting elections - maintaining power by martial law instead of running for re-election - than isn't he a dictator rather than an elected official?

Finally, if he picks someone as his successor - again bypassing elections - then wouldn't that successor be an unelected head of state? --Uncle Ed (talk) 14:10, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Women

Can a woman be the president of Egypt? -- Erroneuz1 (talk) 21:59, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

office is vacant

There is no President of Egypt, the office is currently vacant. Field Marshall Tantawi is not President, effective, acting, or otherwise. He is head of the military council that rules Egypt. That is not the same thing. nableezy - 16:26, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

That still has not changed, Tantawi is not President of Egypt, either official, acting, supposed, or any other adjective you would like to use. The SCAF as a whole exercises the powers of the presidency, and Tantawi is the head of the SCAF. There has been no information, and I mean none, released by any competent authority that says he has any of the powers of the presidency or that he is acting in that capacity. nableezy - 20:08, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Still hasn't changed. Tantawi is head of the SCAF, not the president of Egypt. nableezy - 14:38, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Mohamed Morsi isn't president either, at least not yet. His inauguration is planned for June 30th (though his demand to take the oath in front of the currently disbanded parliament puts that up in the air a bit) nableezy - 16:41, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

This article is terrible

This article entirely whitewashes and attempts to hide the fact that Mr. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi came to power through the overthrow of the president. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colonycat (talk • contribs) 00:01, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

The living presidents

There's a living president in Egypt; namely Adly Mansour. Yassermuhammad84 (talk) 20:01, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Is not Abdel Fattah el-Sisi president?--KasiaNL (talk) 05:02, 27 April 2020 (UTC)