{"id":48384,"date":"2026-10-19T08:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T06:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=48384"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T06:42:04","slug":"egypts-sisi-outlines-leadership-transition-plan-ahead-of-2030-exit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/egypts-sisi-outlines-leadership-transition-plan-ahead-of-2030-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt&#8217;s Sisi outlines leadership transition plan ahead of 2030 exit\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that his term would end in 2030 and outlined a plan for the country&#8217;s main military academy to train potential future leaders for 30 months before then.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The proposal gives \u200bthe Egyptian Military Academy a central role in preparing future leaders, underscoring the armed forces&#8217; \u200binfluence beyond national defence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Under Sisi, a former general, the military has expanded \u2060its presence in the economy and civilian affairs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking at a graduation ceremony at the academy, Sisi \u200bsaid a committee overseen by the speaker of parliament and including intellectuals, politicians and the ministers of higher \u200beducation and justice, would develop criteria for selecting candidates and draft legislation for the training programme.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Reiterating that Egypt&#8217;s constitution would not be amended, he said the end of his presidential term in 2030 was &#8220;a matter that has been completely \u200bsettled and will not be discussed&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said the programme would allow Egyptians to &#8220;elect and choose \u200bfrom among&#8221; its graduates, but gave no details on how they would be put forward for elected or appointed posts.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I \u200cwill \u2060not leave the Egyptian state except when it is replete with sons and daughters capable of assuming responsibility,&#8221; Sisi said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48293,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-48384","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48386,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48384\/revisions\/48386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=48384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}