First Lady of Egypt () is the official title of the wife of the
president of Egypt
The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt () is the executive head of state of Egypt and the de facto appointer of the official head of government under the Egyptian Constitution of 2014. Under the various iterations of the History of the Egypt ...
.
History
The title was established on June 18 1953 following the abolishment of the monarchy and the declaration of the republic, replacing the Queen Consort of Egypt title.
Aisha Labib
Aisha Labib (; died in 1971), also known by her married name Aisha Naguib (), was the wife of Mohamed Naguib, one the two principal leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, who became Egypt's first President. She was the mother of the couple's ...
became Egypt’s first First Lady as she was the wife of Egypt’s first President Muhammad Naguib. Naguib’s presidency was short lived and was succeeded by Gamal Abdel Nasser and as a result, Tahia Abdel Nasser, the daughter of a Persian immigrant to Egypt became Egypt’s second First Lady.
Jehan Sadat
Jehan Sadat (, ; ; 29 August 1933 – 9 July 2021) was an Egyptian human rights activist and the First Lady of Egypt, as the wife of Anwar Sadat, from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981. As Egypt's first lady, she greatly influenc ...
became the First Lady of Egypt on 15 October 1970 following
Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until Assassination of Anwar Sadat, his assassination by fundame ...
’s inauguration as president. Jehan was born to an Upper-Egyptian father and a British mother from England.
Suzzane Mubarak became Egypt’s fourth First Lady on the 14th of October 1981. Suzanne was also born to an Upper-Egyptian father from Al Minya and a British mother, from
Wales
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. She is also Egypt’s first Christian First Lady.
Naglaa Mahmoud became Egypt’s fifth First Lady on June 30 2012 following the victory of Egypt’s first democratically president
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 2012First Lady, preferring to be called "First Servant," the "president's wife," or "Um Ahmed," a traditional name which means mother of Ahmed, her oldest son.
First ladies of Egypt (1953–present)
See also
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List of presidents of Egypt
The office of President of Egypt was established in 1953. The president is the head of state of Egypt and the Supreme Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces. The current president is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has effectively controlled the co ...
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 northe ...