MANNER OF ELECTION, TERM OF OFFICE
ON 26 MARCH 2014, IN RESPONSE
TO CALLS FROM SUPPORTERS TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY, SISI RETIRED FROM HIS MILITARY CAREER AND ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD RUN AS A CANDIDATE IN THE 2014 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE ELECTION, HELD BETWEEN 26 AND 28 MAY, FEATURED ONE OPPONENT, HAMDEEN SABAHI,[3] SAW 47% PARTICIPATION BY ELIGIBLE VOTERS, AND RESULTED IN SISI WINNING IN A LANDSLIDE VICTORY WITH 97% OF THE VOTE. SISI WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE AS PRESIDENT OF EGYPT ON 8 JUNE 2014.
THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT IS FOUR YEARS.
EGYPT’S PARLIAMENT HAS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED TO APPROVE DRAFT CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES THAT COULD EXTEND PRESIDENT ABDUL FATTAH AL-SISI’S TIME IN OFFICE BY ANOTHER 12 YEARS.