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2018 In Egypt
Events in the year 2018 in Egypt. Incumbents *President of Egypt, President: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi *Prime Minister of Egypt, Prime Minister: Sherif Ismail Events *6 February onwards – the 2018 Cyprus gas dispute, 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, incumbent president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was reelected with a majority of the votes. Deaths *1 January – Ebrahim Nafae, journalist (b. 1934). *29 March – Mohamed Shaker, diplomat and political scientist (b. 1933) *2 April – Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, novelist (b. 1962). *10 April – Samir Gharbo, water polo player (b. 1925). *6 May – Khaled Mohieddin, politician and military officer (b. 1922) *29 July – Anba Epiphanius, Coptic prelate, Abbot of Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great (b. 1954). *6 August – Sanaa Mazhar, actress (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northern coast of Egypt, the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to Egypt–Israel barrier, the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to Egypt–Sudan border, the south, and Libya to Egypt–Libya border, the west; the Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital, list of cities and towns in Egypt, largest city, and leading cultural center, while Alexandria is the second-largest city and an important hub of industry and tourism. With over 109 million inhabitants, Egypt is the List of African countries by population, third-most populous country in Africa and List of countries and dependencies by population, 15th-most populated in the world. Egypt has one of the longest histories o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |