First Lady of Egypt

First Lady of Egypt (Arabic: سيدة مصر الأولى, romanized: Sayyidat Miṣr al-ūlá) is the official title of the wife of the president of Egypt.^[1]

First Lady of Egypt سيدة مصر الأولى
Incumbent Entissar Amer since 8 June 2014
Residence	Heliopolis Palace
Precursor	Queen Consort of Egypt
Inaugural holder	Aisha Labib
Formation	18 June 1953

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 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 became the First Lady of Egypt on 15 October 1970 following Anwar Sadat’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. 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 (2012–2013). Mrs. Naglaa rejected the title of First 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.^[2][3][4][5]

First ladies of Egypt (1953–present)

Name	Term Begins	Term Ends	President of Egypt
Aisha Labib	18 June 1953	14 November 1954	Mohamed Naguib
Tahia Abdel Nasser	23 June 1956	28 September 1970	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jehan Sadat	28 September 1970	6 October 1981	Anwar Sadat
Wafeya el Otefi (acting)	6 October 1981	14 October 1981	Sufi Abu Taleb (acting)
Suzanne Mubarak	14 October 1981	11 February 2011	Hosni Mubarak
Naglaa Mahmoud	30 June 2012	3 July 2013	Mohamed Morsi
Entissar Amer	8 June 2014	Incumbent	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

See also

• List of presidents of Egypt