Mahmoud el-Sisi ( ar, محمود السيسي; born 1982) is the deputy head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate and the son of Egyptian President

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 ...

Biography

Mahmoud is the oldest son of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his wife

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, who were

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. He is a graduate of the

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. He was a major in the

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, then in June 2018 he rose to the rank of

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, and was appointed deputy head of General Intelligence, after he was head of the agency's technical office, under the leadership of Major General

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. ''L'Espresso'' linked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's son Mahmoud el-Sisi to the

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, stating that "It is hard to think that el-Sisi's son was not aware of Regeni's movements before he disappeared." On 20 November 2019, two GIS officials interviewed by ''

Mada Masr ''Mada Masr'' ( ar, مدى مصر) is an independent Egyptian online newspaper, founded in June 2013 by former journalists of the English-language newspaper ''Egypt Independent'' following the shutting down of its editorial operations in April 20 ...

'' stated that Mahmoud was to be shifted from GIS to the

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and assigned to a diplomatic position in Moscow in 2020. The reason cited for the move and attributed to people close to president el-Sisi was a "negative impact on resident el-Sisi'simage" resulting from Mahmoud's alleged ineffectiveness in his responsibilities and visible role in high-level decision-making. The reason attributed to senior

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government officials is that they saw Mahmoud's role as "damaging to the president". Regional and international media attention to Mahmoud's role was cited as significantly harming president el-Sisi's image and threatening the "stability of the administration". The proposed move was "welcomed" by Russian authorities. In response to ''Mada Masr'''s report, ''Mada Masr'' journalist Shady Zalat was detained by

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s for a day and a half; 18 ''Mada Masr'' staff, freelancers and foreign journalists were detained incommunicado inside the journal's office for several hours on 24 November; three were briefly detained; and laptops and telephones were confiscated. Chief Editor

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described the preparation of the report as having had "every single detail onfirmedby at least two separate sources — and when it came to some details, as many as four".

Personal life

He is married to Noha Al-Tohami, the daughter of Farid Al-Tohamy, the former head of the General Intelligence and Administrative Control Authority.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sisi, Mahmoud 1982 births Living people Military personnel from Cairo El-Sisi family Children of presidents of Egypt Sons of national leaders Egyptian Military Academy alumni