Egypt's Sisi says presidency will end in 2030, ruling out constitutional change
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said his Egyptian presidency will end in 2030, declaring the constitution "will not be touched" and the question of his departure entirely settled.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said his presidency will end in 2030, declaring the question of his departure settled and ruling out any change to the constitution, Reuters reports.
“I said that the Egyptian constitution would not be touched,” Sisi said on Saturday at a graduation ceremony at the Egyptian Military Academy. “This is an entirely settled matter and will not be discussed,” he added, referring to the end of his current term.
Dawn quotes him telling graduates and state officials: “The period leading up to 2030 will be the end of my term as president of the state, if I am still alive. This is completely settled and there will be no discussion about it.”
Sisi, 71, is serving a six-year term after winning re-election in December 2023. Constitutional amendments approved in a 2019 referendum extended presidential terms from four to six years and allowed him to seek a third term, clearing the way for him to remain in office until 2030.
The former general rose to power in 2013 by toppling Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Mursi, after mass protests against his rule. Dawn reports he said the run-up to 2030 would be used to groom a new generation of leaders, with the Military Academy training prospective officials, ministers and presidential candidates.
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