2025 in Egypt
Events in the year 2025 in Egypt.
Incumbents
| Photo | Post | Name |
|---|---|---|
|
President of Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
|
Prime Minister of Egypt | Moustafa Madbouly |
Events
February
- February 12 – The American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman collides with a Turkish merchant vessel near Port Said. No injuries are reported.[1]
- February 17 – Ten people are killed in a building collapse in Kerdasa, Giza Governorate.[2]
- February 18 – Archaeologists announce the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose II in Thebes, in what is the first ancient Egyptian royal tomb to be discovered since that of Tutankhamun in 2022.[3]
March
- March 13 – A train collides with a minibus at an unauthorized crossing in Ismailia Governorate, killing eight people.[4]
- March 27 – A tourist submarine sinks in the Red Sea off the coast of Hurghada, killing six Russian nationals.[5]
Scheduled
- 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election[6]
- August 8 – 2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship[7]
Deaths
- 9 January – Laila Rustom, 87, TV presenter.[8]
- 30 March – Pachomius, 89, Coptic Orthodox prelate, metropolitan bishop of Beheira (since 1971).[9]
- 12 April – Ibrahim Shika, 28, footballer (Zamalek).[10]
References
- ^ "US aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Egypt, but no injuries reported". AP News. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "10 dead in building collapse in Egypt". AP News. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Thutmose II's tomb is Egypt's biggest archaeological discovery since 1922". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "At least 8 people are killed when a passenger train slams into a minibus in Egypt". AP News. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "6 Russian Tourists Killed in Egyptian Submarine Accident". The Moscow Times. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "National Dialogue to submit three proposed electoral systems to President Sisi: Coordinator". August 5, 2023.
- ^ "2025 IHF Men's Youth World Championship to be hosted by the Egyptian Handball Federation". IHF. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ وفاة الإعلامية ليلى رستم عن عمر يناهز 88 عامًا (in Arabic)
- ^ "The Departure of His Eminence Metropolitan Pakhomius, the Metropolitan Elder of the Coptic Orthodox Church". Coptic Orthodox Church. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ Rana Atef (12 April 2025). "Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer". Sada Elbalad English. Retrieved 13 April 2025.