Date 2017-11-30
Category ARTICLES
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. Photo credit: Encyclopedia Britannica
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Egypt
The controversial Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, who assumed office in 2014 after the deadly 2011 Arab Spring, is estimated to earn an annual salary of more than $70,000. As a General and head of the Egyptian military, El-Sisi was instrumental in the ouster of his predecessor President Mohamed Morsi.
El-Sisi’s administration has often been accused of dictatorship, corruption and human rights abuses, all of which he has strongly denied, citing Western interference. A section of Egyptians now sees his government as a replica of Morsi’s authoritarian regime.
