UPDATE | Egypt's Sisi to be sworn in on Sunday

Wednesday 04-06-2014 03:12 PM
UPDATE | Egypt's Sisi to be sworn in on Sunday

Presidential candidate and Egyptian former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi talks during a television interview broadcast on CBC and ONTV, in Cairo, May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper

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CAIRO, June 4 (Aswat Masriya) Egypt's former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be sworn in as the country's president on Sunday at 10:30 am, the Supreme Constitutional Court said.

Sisi won the presidential elections with 23,780,104 (96.91 percent) of votes cast last week, the election commission said on Tuesday.

The inauguration ceremony will be attended by interim President Adly Mansour, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and all the members of the current cabinet, in addition to political and public figures, according to the state news agency.

Following the inauguration, the President-elect will invite other countries' leaders to a celebration at the Ittihadya Presidential Palace.

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