Events in the year 2018 in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mil ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Sherif Ismail Sherif Ismail ( ar, شريف إسماعيل ; born 6 July 1955) is an Egyptian engineer who served as prime minister between 2015 and 2018. He was minister of petroleum and mineral resources from 2013 to 2015. Career Ismail studied mechan ...

(until 7 June),

Mostafa Madbouly Mostafa Kamal Madbouly ( ar, مصطفى كمال مدبولي; born 28 April 1966) is the Prime Minister of Egypt, serving since 2018. He was appointed by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to succeed Sherif Ismail following his government's resignat ...

(starting 7 June)

Events

*6 February onwards – the

2018 Cyprus gas dispute The 2018 Cyprus gas dispute is a diplomatic dispute involving the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus (in partnership with Greece and Egypt) in the eastern Mediterranean, which began on February 6, 2018. The dispute followed ...

, involving Turkish rejection of a 2013 Cypriot-Egyptian maritime border demarcation deal *9 February – initiation of Comprehensive Operation – Sinai 2018 *26 to 28 March – In the

Egyptian presidential election, 2018 Presidential elections were held in Egypt between 26 and 28 March 2018, though Egyptians abroad voted from 16 to 18 March 2018. On 19 January, incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi formally announced he would run for a second and final term. ...

, incumbent president

was reelected with a majority of the votes.

Deaths

*1 January –

Ebrahim Nafae Ebrahim Nafae ( ar, ابراهيم نافع) (12 January 1934 – 1 January 2018) was an Egyptian journalist. He was editor of the Egyptian newspaper ''Al-Ahram'' from 1979 to 2005 and chair of the General Union of Arab Journalists from 1996 to 2 ...

, journalist (b. 1934). *29 March –

Mohamed Shaker Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker ( ar, محمد ابراهيم شاكر; 16 October 1933 – 29 March 2018), was an Egyptian diplomat and political scientist. Born in Egypt capital city, Cairo in 1933, he graduated in Cairo University in 1955 and ...

, diplomat and political scientist (b. 1933) *2 April –

Ahmed Khaled Tawfik Ahmed Khaled Tawfik Farrag (10 June 1962 – 2 April 2018), also known as Ahmed Khaled Tawfek, was an Egyptian author and physician who wrote more than 200 books, in both Egyptian Arabic and Classical Arabic. He was the first contemporary write ...

, novelist (b. 1962). *10 April – Samir Gharbo, water polo player (b. 1925). *6 May –

Khaled Mohieddin Khaled Mohieddine ( arz, خالد محيى الدين, ; August 17, 1922 – May 6, 2018) was an Egyptian revolutionary, politician, and military officer. As a member of the Free Officers Movement (Egypt), Free Officers Movement, he participated ...

, politician and military officer (b. 1922) *29 July –

Anba Epiphanius Anba Epiphanius (June 27, 1954 – July 29, 2018) ( cop, Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ; ar, الأنبا أبيفانيوس) was an Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church bishop. He was appointed the bishop and abbot of the Monastery of St. ...

, Coptic prelate, Abbot of

Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great The Monastery of Saint Macarius The Great also known as Dayr Aba Maqār ( ar, دير الأنبا مقار) is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in Wadi El Natrun, Beheira Governorate, about north-west of Cairo, and off the highway between ...

(b. 1954). *6 August –

Sanaa Mazhar Sanaa Mazhar (; August 17, 1932 – August 6, 2018) was an Egyptian actress, one of the three girls in the film "Biyaa Al Jarid" with Magda al-Sabahi and Naima Akef, presented for many as one of the best cinematic works. Mazhar was born on 17 Au ...

, actress (b. 1932).عاجل, وفاة الفنانة سناء مظهر عن عمر يناهز 86 عاما

References

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