Al-Sisi rules out remaining in power after 2030 and confirms commitment to the constitution

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi confirmed today, Saturday (October 17, 2026), that the year 2030 will be the end of his term as head of state. The Cairo News Channel quoted Al-Sisi as saying, during the graduation ceremony of new batches from the Egyptian Military Academy, that “this matter is completely settled,” stressing that the Egyptian constitution will not be affected.

He added, while attending the graduation ceremony of the first batch of the Egyptian Military Academy on Saturday, that “it is my duty to preserve the state and hold its flag high and flying,” noting that the armed forces are the basic pillar of national security and are the nation’s shield and sword, as he put it.

He added that maintaining the armed forces is a national duty that falls on the responsibility of all Egyptians, explaining that protecting the homeland is a shared responsibility that begins with the family, which was and will remain the basic pillar in building the human being.

Al-Sisi stressed that the awareness of Egyptians has always been the impregnable fortress that preserved the cohesion of the state, stressing that national cohesion and unity of ranks will remain decisive factors in protecting the homeland.

Al-Sisi: “We will not allow people who are unable to bear the responsibility of leading the state to take over.”

The Egyptian President stressed the keenness to prepare people capable of assuming the responsibility of leading the state, noting that the Military Academy will prepare cadres to assume the responsibility of leading the state. He added: “We will not allow people who are unable to assume the responsibility of leading the state to take over,” indicating that the selection of people capable of leading the state will be done fairly and impartially.

Al-Sisi, who is 70 years old, holds a six-year presidential term after winning a new term in December 2023. Constitutional amendments approved by a referendum in 2019 extended the presidential term to six years instead of four, and allowed Al-Sisi to run for a third term, allowing him to remain in office until 2030.

Al-Sisi rose to power in 2014, about a year after the removal of former President Mohamed Morsi, who belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood, following widespread protests that broke out against Morsi’s rule in June 2013.