Egypt's Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ended months of speculation Wednesday by an**uncing he would run for the presidency, has emerged as a nationalist icon in the mould of the country's first modern military ruler, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Sisi, 59, became Egypt's most popular political figure and de facto head of state after he led the July 3 ouster of Egypt's first freely elected and civilian president, the Islamist Mohamed Morsi. "With all modesty, I **minate myself for the presidency of Egypt, " he said, vowing to rid Egypt of "terrorism." Sisi and Nasser, the charismatic colonel who deposed King Farouk in 1954 and led the country until his death in 1970, rode to popularity on the back of rising nationalism and both oversaw *****downs on the Muslim Brotherhood. Hosni Mubarak, the long-ruling dictator overthrown in 2011, appointed Sisi as his military intelligence chief, making him the youngest ******r to hold the post.
03-27-2014, 12:10 AM
Army chief Sisi, Egypt's new nationalist icon
Egypt's Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ended months of speculation Wednesday by an**uncing he would run for the presidency, has emerged as a nationalist icon in the mould of the country's first modern military ruler, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Sisi, 59, became Egypt's most popular political figure and de facto head of state after he led the July 3 ouster of Egypt's first freely elected and civilian president, the Islamist Mohamed Morsi. "With all modesty, I **minate myself for the presidency of Egypt, " he said, vowing to rid Egypt of "terrorism." Sisi and Nasser, the charismatic colonel who deposed King Farouk in 1954 and led the country until his death in 1970, rode to popularity on the back of rising nationalism and both oversaw *****downs on the Muslim Brotherhood. Hosni Mubarak, the long-ruling dictator overthrown in 2011, appointed Sisi as his military intelligence chief, making him the youngest ******r to hold the post.
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