Entissar Amer

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Entissar Amer
انتصار عامر
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First Lady of Egypt
In role
8 June 2014
PresidentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi
Preceded byNaglaa Mahmoud
First Lady of African Union
In role
10 February 2019 – 10 February 2020
PresidentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi
Preceded byJeannette Kagame
Succeeded byTshepo Motsepe
Personal details
Born (1956-12-03) 3 December 1956 (age 65)
Cairo, Egypt
Spouse(s)
(m. 1977)
Children4, including Mahmoud
Alma materAin Shams University

Entissar Amer (Arabic: انتصار عامر; born 3 December 1956) is the current First Lady of Egypt, since her husband Abdel Fattah el-Sisi became the Sixth President of Egypt on 8 June 2014.[1]

Education[]

Amer received her high school diploma from El Abbassia High School in 1977. She received a BCom degree in accounting from Ain Shams University.[1]

Family[]

Amer married her cousin el-Sisi in 1977 after el-Sisi graduated from the Military Academy.[1][2] They have three sons and one daughter: Mahmoud, Mostafa, Hassan and Aya.[3]

Amer became the First Lady of Egypt upon her husband's appointment as the President of Egypt after the June 2013 Egyptian protests; which pushed for a military coup throwing Mohamed Morsi out of power. Judge Adly Mansour was appointed as an acting president during the transitional period from 3 July 2013 to 7 June 2014. Then, el-Sisi won the presidential election that was held afterward, and took the oath of office on 8 June 2014.

Corruption allegation[]

An Egyptian who was formerly a military contractor, Mohamed Ali, falsely alleged that Entissar Amer was part of "rampant corruption" involving military officials and Sisi's relatives. Street protests took place in response to Ali's claims about Amer and her husband.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c AfricaNews (2019-06-01). "Celebrating African First Ladies: Senegal's Marieme Faye Sall". Africanews. Retrieved 2019-09-18.[dead link]
  2. ^ al-Hameed, Ashraf (12 May 2014). "Egypt's next first lady? Meet Mrs. Sisi and Mrs. Sabbahi". al-Arabiya. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ Egypt’s next First Daughter? Meet Aya al-Sisi
  4. ^ Younes, Ali; Ramy, Allahoum (26 September 2019). "Egyptian protesters to press for President el-Sisi's ouster". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Egypt
2014 – present
Incumbent
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