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My Take
El-Sisi is one of those figures history forces you to reckon with rather than simply admire. A career soldier turned commander-in-chief turned president since 2014, he has steered Egypt through a turbulent decade with a strategist's discipline that you can trace back to his military schooling. The shelf of foreign honors he has collected signals real diplomatic weight in a region where alliances shift constantly. My honest view is that his legacy is genuinely contested, and that contestation is exactly what makes him worth studying. Leading a nation of Egypt's scale and ancient gravity is an almost unimaginable burden, whatever you make of his choices.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Name (Japanese)
- アブドルファッターフ・アッ＝シーシー
- Reading
- あぶどるふぁったーふ・あっ＝しーしー
- Born
- November 19, 1954 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Horse
- Origin
- Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / military personnel / military officer / commander-in-chief
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Egyptian Military College
Awards & achievements
- Order of the Nile
- King Abdulaziz Medal
- Kuwait Liberation Medal
- Kuwait Liberation Medal
- Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
- 2019 Order of the Friendship of Peoples
- 2019 Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (Guinea)
- Order of the Republic
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Abdel Fattah el-Sisi born?
Born November 19, 1954 (age 71).
Where is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi from?
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is from Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt.
What does Abdel Fattah el-Sisi do?
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi works as politician, military personnel, military officer, commander-in-chief.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-16
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.