These are incumbent President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, former Chief of Staff Samy Annan, rights lawyer Khaled Ali, and lawyer and President of Zamalek Sports Club Mortada Mansour.The NEC announced on January 8 the timetable of the 2018 presidential elections. Potential candidates are allowed to submit their applications from January 20 to 29. The final list of the candidates will be announced on February 24.Voting will take place for three days starting March 26 domestically, while it will begin on March 16 for expats from 9:00 until 21:00 in each country’s local time. He came to office in June 2014 after the revolution of June 30 that toppled former President Mohamed Morsi, who is affiliated with the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.Egypt’s National Electoral Commission launched an official website for both the parliamentary and presidential elections. The new website aims to publish all the resolutions and recommendations pertaining to the elections, in addition to the voting guides for Egyptians inside and outside Egypt.

Source: Egypt Today January 21, 2018 12:11 UTC