Events in the year 2019 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 ...

Events

* 27 February –

Ramses Station rail disaster The Ramses Station rail disaster occurred on 27 February 2019 in Ramses Station of Cairo, Egypt. Twenty-five people were killed and forty injured. Accident In the early morning of 27 February 2019, in Cairo's main train station, Ramses Station, a ...

: A train smashes into a barrier inside

Ramses Station Ramses Railway Station ( ar, محطة رمسيس, Maḥaṭṭat Ramsīs), also called Misr Station ( ar, محطة مصر, Maḥaṭṭat Miṣr), is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian Pharao ...

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

, Egypt, causing an explosion and a fire, killing 25 people and injuring 40 others. * 21 June 21 -

2019 Africa Cup of Nations The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football champion ...

begins. * 4 August – 2019 Cairo bombing: twenty people are killed. * 22 September – Police crack down on protests against 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 ...

. 274 protesters are arrested in Cairo, Suez City, Port Said, Alexandria, and other cities after the actor and contractor Mohamed Ali alleges Sisi and top military officers are enriching themselves by building palaces and hotels.

Deaths

March

* 23 March –

Abdel Hadi Kandil Abdel Hadi Kandil (2 March 1935–23 March 2019) was an Egyptian chemist and politician who was the oil minister of Egypt between 1984 and 1991. Early life and education Kandil was born in Al Zarqa, Damietta, on 2 March 1935. He received a degre ...

, chemist and politician (born 1935)

May

* 5 May – Hani Shukrallah, journalist (born 1950)

June

* 5 June –

Mohamed Negm Mohamed Negm ( ar, محمد نجم; 15 January 1944 – 5 June 2019) was an Egyptian actor and comedian. Career Negm began his career in the 1960s with the troupe of iconic theatre director and actor Abdel-Monim Madbouly. Thene started acting in ...

, actor and comedian (born 1944) * 17 June –

Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012President of Egypt (born 1951)

July

* 1 July – Ezzat Abou Aouf, actor (born 1948) * 21 July –

Adel Zaky Adel Zaky, O.F.M. (1 December 1947 – 21 July 2019) was an Egyptian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Alexandria since 2009 until 2019. Prior to his episcopal appointment, he served in various parishes across cities ...

, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1947) * 25 July –

Farouk al-Fishawy Farouk al-Fishawy ( ar, فاروق الفيشاوي; 5 February 1952 – 25 July 2019) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was known for ''Al-Mashbouh'' (1981). Early life He was born as Mohamed Farouk al-Fishawy in Sirs El-Layan, M ...

, actor (born 1952)

September

* 4 September – Abdullah Morsi, son of Mohamed Morsi (born 1994)

November

* 7 November –

Haitham Ahmed Zaki Haitham Ahmed Zaki ( ar, هيثم أحمد زكي) (4 April 1984 – 7 November 2019), also known as Haitham Zaki ( ar, هيثم زكي), was an Egyptian male actor who predominantly worked in Egyptian cinema. Biography He was the son of vete ...

, actor (born 1984)

References

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