Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi (Arabic: ??? ?????? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ‘Abd al-Fatt?? Sa‘?d ?usayn Khal?l as-S?s?, IPA: [?æbdel.fæt?tæ?? sæ??i?d ?e?se?n xæ?li?l es?si?si]; born 19 November 1954) is the sixth President of Egypt, in office since 8 June 2014. Previously he was Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, as well as Minister of Defence, from 12 August 2012 until 26 March 2014. As head of the armed forces, he played the leading role in ousting Islamist President Mohamed Morsi following mass protests against Morsi and his government. El-Sisi was subsequently appointed as First Deputy Prime Minister, while remaining Minister of Defense.El-Sisi resigned from the military on 26 March 2014, announcing he would stand as a candidate in the 2014 presidential election. The poll, held between 26 and 28 May 2014, resulted in a resounding victory for el-Sisi.