Political Leaders: Egypt

Leaders of Egypt
(Arab Republic of Egypt)

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Parties: SIP: Saadist Institutional Party; PP: People's Party; WP: Al-Wafd Party; UP: Union Party; LR: Liberation Rally (1953-1956); NU: National Union (1957-1962); ASU: Arab Socialist Union (1962-1978); NDP: National Democratic Party (1978-); n/p: non-party

Active names link to their correspondant biography at the CIDOB website.

Heads of State

Kings
Faruk I (Faruk ibn Ahmad Fu'ad)  28 Apr 1936 - 26 Jul 1952 (+1965)  [picture]
Fu'ad II (Ahmad Fu'ad ibn Faruk) 26 Jul 1952 - 18 Jun 1953                    (1)

President
Muhammad Nagib (Naguib)          18 Jun 1953 - 25 Feb 1954 (+1984)  [picture] military, LR

Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Gamal `Abd an-Nasir (Nasser)     25 Feb 1954 - 27 Feb 1954 (+1970)  [picture] military, LR

President
Muhammad Nagib (Naguib)          27 Feb 1954 - 14 Nov 1954 (+1984)  [picture] military, LR

Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Gamal `Abd an-Nasir (Nasser)     14 Nov 1954 - 25 Jun 1956 (+1970)  [picture] military, LR

Presidents
Gamal `Abd an-Nasir (Nasser)     25 Jun 1956 - 28 Sep 1970 (+)      [picture] NU, ASU (2)
Anwar as-Sadat                   28 Sep 1970 -  6 Oct 1981 (+)a     [picture] ASU, NDP (acting to 17 Oct 1970)
Sufi Abu Talib                    6 Oct 1981 - 14 Oct 1981 (+2008)            NDP (acting)
Hosni Mubarak                    14 Oct 1981 -                      [picture] NDP

(1) Fu'ad II reigned under a Council of Regency led by Muhammad Abdul Moneim (+1979) and the ruling Revolutionary Command Council.
(2) From 22 Feb 1958 to 28 Sep 1961 Nasser ruled as vicepresident of the United Arab Republic, comprising Egypt and Syria.

Prime Ministers

Ahmad Mahir Pasha                10 Oct 1944 - 24 Feb 1945 (+)a               SIP
Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha        26 Feb 1945 - 17 Feb 1946 (+1948)a           SIP 
Ismail Sedki Pasha               17 Feb 1946 -  9 Dec 1946 (+1950)  [picture] PP
Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha         9 Dec 1946 - 28 Dec 1948 (+)a               SIP
Ibrahim `Abd al-Hadi Pasha       28 Dec 1948 - 26 Jul 1949 (+19..)            SIP
Husayn Sirri Pasha               26 Jul 1949 - 12 Jan 1950 (+1960)            n/p
Mustafa an-Nahhas Pasha          12 Jan 1950 - 27 Jan 1952 (+1965)  [picture] WP
Ali Mahir Pasha                  27 Jan 1952 -  2 Mar 1952 (+1960)  [picture] UP
Ahmad Nagib al-Hilali Pasha       2 Mar 1952 -  2 Jul 1952 (+1958)
Husayn Sirri Pasha                2 Jul 1952 - 22 Jul 1952 (+1960)            n/p
Ahmad Nagib al-Hilali Pasha      22 Jul 1952 - 23 Jul 1952 (+1958)
Ali Mahir Pasha                  23 Jul 1952 -  7 Sep 1952 (+1960)  [picture] UP
Muhammad Nagib (Naguib)           7 Sep 1952 - 25 Feb 1954 (+1984)  [picture] military, LR
Gamal `Abd an-Nasir (Nasser)     25 Feb 1954 -  8 Mar 1954 (+1970)  [picture] military, LR
Muhammad Nagib (Naguib)           8 Mar 1954 - 18 Apr 1954 (+1984)  [picture] military, LR
Gamal `Abd an-Nasir (Nasser)     18 Apr 1954 - 29 Sep 1962 (+1970)  [picture] military, LR, NU
Ali Sabri                        29 Sep 1962 -  3 Oct 1965 (+1991)  [picture] ASU
Zakariya Mohieddin                3 Oct 1965 - 10 Sep 1966                    ASU 
Muhammad Sedki Sulayman          10 Sep 1966 - 19 Jun 1967 (+1996)            ASU
Gamal `Abd an-Nasir (Nasser)     19 Jun 1967 - 28 Sep 1970 (+)      [picture] ASU
Mahmoud Fawzi Desoki Gohari      21 Oct 1970 - 17 Jan 1972 (+1981)  [picture] ASU
Aziz Sedki                       17 Jan 1972 - 26 Mar 1973                    ASU 
Anwar as-Sadat                   26 Mar 1973 - 25 Sep 1974 (+1981)a [picture] ASU
`Abd al-Aziz Hejazi              25 Sep 1974 - 16 Apr 1975                    ASU
Mahmoud Muhammad Salem            6 Apr 1975 -  2 Oct 1978 (+1988)            ASU 
Mustafa Khalil                    2 Oct 1978 - 15 May 1980 (+2008)  [picture] NDP
Anwar as-Sadat                   15 May 1980 -  6 Oct 1981 (+)a     [picture] NDP
Hosni Mubarak                     7 Oct 1981 -  2 Jan 1982          [picture] NDP
Ahmad Fu'ad Mohieddin             2 Jan 1982 -  5 Jun 1984 (+)                NDP 
Kamal Hassan Ali                 17 Jul 1984 -  4 Sep 1985 (+1993)            NDP   
Ali Mahmoud Lufti                 4 Sep 1985 - 10 Nov 1986                    NDP
Atef Sedki                       10 Nov 1986 -  4 Jan 1996 (+2005)            NDP
Kamal al-Ganzouri                 4 Jan 1996 -  5 Oct 1999          [picture] NDP
Atef Ebeid                        5 Oct 1999 - 14 Jul 2004          [picture] NDP
Ahmad Nazif                      14 Jul 2004 -                      [picture] NDP

(Source: Rulers, by Ben Schemmel)

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