BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Ex-army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as Egypt’s new president, confirming his de facto status of head of state, which he has already held for nearly a year. The new president took his oath of office at the Constitutional Court.
Sisi won the May 26-28 polls with 96.9 percent of the vote, in a crushing defeat for his only rival, leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi, who walked away with only three percent of the vote.
The victory came nearly a year after Sisi ousted president Mohamed Morsi, winning praise from many Egyptians who had demanded an end to the Islamist's one-year rule.
Sisi's main challenges will be to restore stability and revive the economy after three years of turmoil, following a 2011 unrest that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
The retired field marshal called on Egyptians to "work to return security to this nation," in a television address after his victory was announced on Tuesday.
(Source: CNTV.cn)
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