2022 in Egypt
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Events in the year2022 inEgypt.
Incumbents
[edit]| Photo | Post | Name |
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President of Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
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Prime Minister of Egypt | Moustafa Madbouly |
Events
[edit]Ongoing –COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt
- 8 January – Atraffic collisionbetween two buses in theSouth Sinai Governoratekills 16 people and injures 18 others.[1]
- 11 January –2022 Cyprus earthquake
- 30 January – Ten members of theSunni IslamistorganizationMuslim Brotherhoodare sentenced tocapital punishmentby anEgyptian courtfor their involvement in a deadly attack against security personnel in 2015.[2]
- 22 March – FiveAncient Egyptiantombsare discovered inEgypt.[3]
- 28 March –Abraham Accords:The foreign ministers ofIsrael,Egypt,Morocco,Bahrainand theUnited Arab Emirates,as well as theUnited States Secretary of State,meet inSde Boker,Israel,and agree to hold regular meetings about regional security and commit to further expanding economic and diplomatic cooperation.[4]
- 13 April – Ten people are killed and 14 others are injured when a truck crashes into atouristbus inAswan Governorate.
- 14 April –Egypt's Minister of AgricultureEl Sayed El Quseirannounces thatIndiahas approved Egyptian imports ofwheatdue to the shortage caused by theRussian invasion of Ukraine.
- 30 April –
- Anatural gas pipelineis blown up inBir al-Abd,North Sinai,Egypt,by suspectedjihadistmilitants.[5]
- Atricyclefalls into a man-madechannelinItay El Barud,Egypt.Eight children die and four people are rescued.[6]
- 1 May – TheIslamic Stateclaims via theAl-Nabanewspaper thatIsraelkilled a seniorjihadistcommander in theEgyptianSinai Peninsula.[7]
- 7 May – Ten soldiers and one officer are killed during an attack at acheckpointat awater pumpingstation in theSuez Canal.[8]
- 8 May –2022 El Qantara checkpoint attack
- 11 May – Five soldiers are killed and four others are injured during a shooting at a security post inNorth Sinai.[9]
- 17 June – At least six people are killed by abuilding collapseinCairo.[10]
- 21 June –
- Lebanon,EgyptandSyriasign an agreement to supply Egyptian gas to a power plant in northern Lebanon through Syria. However, theWorld Bank,which is financing the deal, must validate the agreement before it can take effect.[11]
- Egyptrejects twoWorld Trade Organization(WTO) agreements which would have forced it to export domestically needed food to alleviate the global food crisis, citing proposals that it considers harmful to developing countries and also noting that 30 other WTO member states restrict food exports.[12]
- 3 July – Two people are killed in ashark attackoff the coast ofSahl Hasheesh,Egypt,on theRed Sea.[13]
- 5 July – TwoEgyptianUN peacekeepersare killed and five others are injured when their vehicle hits a mine in northernMali.[14]
- 7 July – Nine people are killed and 43 others injured when a bus fromSudancrashes while travelling toAswan.[15]
- 19 July – At least 23 people are killed and 30 others are injured in a truck and bus crash inMinya.
- 3 August – Seventeen people are killed and four others are injured after a minibus collides with a truck in Juhaynah,Sohag Governorate.[16]
- 12 August – Nine people are killed and 18 others injured after a microbus overturn inMinya.[17]
- 14 August –Giza church fire:At least 41 people are killed and 45 others are injured in a fire at the Saint MercuriusCoptic Orthodoxchurch inGiza,Egypt.[18]
- 16 August – Hamza Adel Al-Zamili, a leader of theIslamic State – Sinai Provinceand mastermind of the2017 Sinai mosque attack,is killed byEgyptian soldiersduring an operation. Nine other militants are also killed and three arrested.[19]
- 29 August – A dinghy carrying 27Egyptiansen route toItalycapsizes off the coast ofLibya,killing at least two people and leaving nineteen others missing in theMediterranean Sea.[20]
- 3 September – Twenty-seven ancient artifacts housed in theMetropolitan Museum of ArtinNew York City,United States,are seized by federal investigators under the suspicion that they werelooted.The artifacts will berepatriatedtoItalyandEgyptnext week.[21]
- 7 September –Egyptconfirms its first case ofmonkeypox.[22]
- 25 October – Ten people are killed and nine others are injured when a truck and a minibus collide inDakahlia Governorate.[23]
- 6–18 NovemberCOP 27
- 8 November – Three people are killed after abuilding collapsesinCairo.[24]
- 12 November – Abus fallsinto a canal in theNile River DeltainDakahlia Governorate,Egypt,killing 21 people.
- 15 November – Fourteen people are killed after a minibus and a truck collide inAbu Minqar,New Valley Governorate.[25]
- 20 November –Egyptian presidentAbdel Fattah el-SisiandTurkish presidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğanmeet for the first time following their opposing involvements in the2013 Egyptian coup d'état.[26]
- 8 December –Egyptjoins theBRICS-ledNew Development Bankafter theEgyptian governmentratifies its accession into themultilateral development bank.[27]
Sports
[edit]- 5 March – 28 May:2022 BAL season
- 9 – 19 April:2022 BAL Nile Conference
- 17 – 10 June:2022 African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
- 8 – 11 July:2022 African Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- 25 October 2021 – 30 August 2022:2021–22 Egyptian Premier League
- 18 October 2022 – June 2023:2022–23 Egyptian Premier League
- 28 – 30 October:2022 African Weightlifting Championships
- 10 – 15 December:
Deaths
[edit]- 9 January –
- Wael el-Ebrashy,58, journalist and television presenter, complications from COVID-19.[28]
- Tahani al-Gebali,71, judge, vice president of thesupreme constitutional court(2003–2012), COVID-19.[29]
- 31 January –Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub,86, Egyptian politician, governor ofAlexandria(1997–2006) andIsmailia Governorate(1994–1997).[30]
- 6 February –Sayyid Al-Qemany,74, writer and philosopher.[31]
- 15 February –Youhanna Golta,85,Coptic Catholichierarch, auxiliary and curial bishop ofAlexandria(1986–2020).[32]
- 16 February –Saeed Marie,67, judge, president of theSupreme Constitutional Court(since 2019).[33]
- 17 February –Ahmed Mostafa,81, footballer (1964 Olympic team,Zamalek,national team).[34]
- 13 March –Anissa Hassouna,69, politician,MP(2016–2020), cancer.[35]
- 20 March –Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab,61, actor (The Sixth Day,Alexandria Again and Forever,Mercedes) and film director.[36]
- 23 March –Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel,100, military officer.[37]
- 28 March –Antonios Naguib,87,Coptic Catholiccardinal, patriarch ofAlexandria(2006–2013).[38]
- 14 May –Ramez Elmasri,71, Egyptian-American computer scientist.[39]
- 15 May –Salah Montaser,88, writer and journalist.[40]
- 27 May –Fayez Sarofim,93, Egyptian-American sports team owner (Houston Texans).
- 8 June –Ranan Lurie,90, Egyptian-born Israeli-American political cartoonist and journalist.[41]
- 31 July –Ayman al-Zawahiri,71, Islamic militant, emir of theEgyptian Islamic Jihad(1991–1998), emir (since 2011) and deputy emir (1988–2011) ofal-Qaeda,airstrike.[42]
- 6 August –Hussein Abdo Hamza,72, jurist, president of theState Lawsuits Authority(2017–2019).[43]
- 13 August –Claude Salhani,70, photographer.[44]
- 10 September –Henri Stierlin,94, Egyptian-born Swiss journalist and writer.
- 22 September –Hesham Selim,64, actor, cancer.[45]
- 26 September –Yusuf al-Qaradawi,96, Islamic scholar (The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam), chairman ofIUMS(since 2004).[46]
- 27 October –Bahaa Taher,87, novelist.[47]
- 4 November –Ibrahim Munir,85, Islamic activist.[48]
- 2 December –Assem Allam,83, Egyptian-British football executive, chairman ofHull City(2010–2022), cancer.[49]
- 4 December –Mofeed Fawzy,89, journalist (Rose al-Yūsuf) and television presenter (Al Qahera Al Youm).[50]
- 10 December –Salah Fadl,84, writer and translator.[51]
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