List of Presidents of Egypt

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# Incumbent Title Took office Left office Affiliation Vice President Term
Republic of Egypt (1952-1958)
جمهورية مصر (Gumhuriyat Misr)
1   Muhammad Naguib
(Arabic: محمد نجيب)
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council 23 July 1952 23 June 1954 Military Office nonexistent 1
President of the Republic of Egypt 18 June 1953 14 November 1954
2   Gamal Abdel Nasser
(Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر)
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council 14 November 1954 23 June 1956 Liberation Rally/
National Union
Office nonexistent
President of the Republic of Egypt 23 June 1956 1 February 1958 1
United Arab Republic (1958-1971)
الجمهورية العربية المتحدة (Al-Jumhuriyah al-Arabiyah al-Muttahidah)
-   Gamal Abdel Nasser
(Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر)
President of the United Arab Republic 1 February 1958 15 March 1965 Arab Socialist Union Several politicians, often simultaneously, served as vice-president of the United Arab Republic.
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2
15 March 1965 28 September 1970 3
3   Anwar El Sadat
(Arabic: أنور السادات)
Acting President of the United Arab Republic 28 September 1970 15 October 1970 Arab Socialist Union Vacant
President of the United Arab Republic 15 October 1970 2 September 1971 Ali Sabri
(30 October 1970 - 2 May 1971)
1
Arab Republic of Egypt (1971-)
جمهوريّة مصر العربيّة (Gumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah)
-   Anwar El Sadat
(Arabic: أنور السادات)
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt 2 September 1971 6 October 1981 Arab Socialist Union
(2 September 1971 to 2 October 1978)
National Democratic Party
(2 October 1978 to 6 October 1981)
Mahmoud Fawzi
(16 January 1972 - 18 September 1974)
Hosni Mubarak
(16 April 1975 - 14 October 1981)
2
-   Sufi Abu Taleb
(Arabic: صوفي أبو طالب)
Acting President of the Arab Republic of Egypt[1] 6 October 1981 14 October 1981 National Democratic Party Hosni Mubarak
(16 April 1975 - 14 October 1981)
 
4   Hosni Mubarak
(Arabic: محمد حسني مبارك)
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt 14 October 1981 5 October 1987 National Democratic Party Vacant 1
5 October 1987 4 October 1993 2
4 October 1993 26 September 1999 3
26 September 1999 7 September 2005 4
7 September 2005 11 February 2011 Omar Suleiman
(29 January 2011 - 11 Februaru 2011)
5
-   Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
(Arabic: محمد حسين طنطاوي)
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces 11 February 2011 Incumbent Military Office suspended
  1. ^ As speaker of the People's Assembly, Abu Taleb was acting president for eight days, following the assassination of President Sadat. ("Former acting president of Egypt dies in Malaysia". Reuters Africa. 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-22.)