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Egyptian Military Republic

Sisi · 2013– · Egypt · Military Authoritarian · Held state power · coding confidence medium

+04ECmarket
+08CUtraditional
+10AUmonist
+09SCcentral
+04IDascriptive
−04CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Stability and national security under military stewardship, with Islamists and secular dissidents both excluded.

Economic model

Military-owned enterprises across the civilian economy, IMF programmes, subsidy reform, mega-projects.

Organisation of powers

Elections without competition, mass imprisonment of opponents, constitutional amendments extending presidential terms.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored +04

Coded +4: military-owned enterprise across the civilian economy under an IMF programme.

  • ScholarshipMilitary-linked firms hold positions in construction, food, cement and infrastructure.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +08

Coded +8: a security-first social order with religious institutions under state direction.

  • Documented act or statuteAl-Azhar and the media were brought under closer state control after 2013.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +10

At the ceiling for an elected government: mass imprisonment and uncontested elections.

  • Documented act or statuteTens of thousands of political prisoners; the Rabaa dispersal in 2013 killed at least 800 in a day.
  • Documented act or statuteConstitutional amendments in 2019 extended the presidential term and permitted a further term.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +09

Coded +9: a highly centralised state with appointed governors and a new capital.

  • Documented act or statuteGovernors are appointed by the president; a new administrative capital was built by decree.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +04

Coded +4 after the v2.2 review: political rather than ascriptive exclusion.

  • Documented act or statuteCoptic church construction was legalised in 2016 while Islamist organisations were banned.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −04

Coded −4: power taken by coup and then institutionalised.

  • Documented act or statuteThe elected president was removed in July 2013 and died in custody in 2019.

Scores that have been revised

ID +06 → +04The regime's exclusions are political rather than ascriptive, and Coptic Christians received formal state protection during the period. Repression is recorded on the authority axis, where it belongs.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Egypt

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Egyptian Military Republic. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/sisi/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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