President of Egypt

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The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt (Egyptian Arabic: رئيس جمهورية مصر العربية, romanized: Ra'īs gumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʻArabiyyah) is the head of state of Egypt. Under the various iterations of the Constitution of Egypt following the Egyptian revolution of 1952, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and head of the executive branch of the Egyptian government. As it is the supreme magistracy of the country, the presidency is the highest office in Egypt. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, in addition to their relation with the prime minister and government of Egypt, have varied over time across different constitutional documents. Six presidents have assumed the presidency of Egypt after the abolition of the monarchy in 1953, with several short transitional periods. The first was Mohamed Naguib, followed by Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat. Following Sadat's assassination came Hosni Mubarak, and then Mohamed Morsi. The current...

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