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Born on November 19, 1954, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is from Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is a politician, military personnel and military officer. The age as of 2026 is 71. Education on record includes Egyptian Military College. Awards on record include Order of the Nile, King Abdulaziz Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal and 4 more.
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
- Occupation
- politician / military personnel / military officer / commander-in-chief
2. Background
- University
- Egyptian Military College
Awards & achievements
- Order of the Nile
- King Abdulaziz 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. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alsisiofficial/
- Xhttps://x.com/AlsisiOfficial
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel%20Fattah%20el-Sisi
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307871
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-16
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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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