Guest for Republic Day celebrations
December 1 , 2022
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- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi will be the chief guest at the Republic Day in January 2023.
- Mr. Sisi will be the first such guest since 2020, as plans for guests in 2021 and 2022 were cancelled due to COVID-19.
- This is the first time that the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt will be the Chief Guest at our Republic Day.
- Both countries are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this year.
- Also, Egypt has been invited as a 'Guest Country' during India's Presidency of G-20 in 2022-23.
- Leaders of friendly nations have graced the Republic Day celebrations since 1950.
- Then Indonesian President Sukarno was invited as the first chief guest in 1950.
- In 1952, 1953 and 1966, the Republic Day celebrations were held without a foreign leader as chief guest.
- Former U.S. President Barack Obama (2015), Russian President Vladimir Putin (2007) are the other special invitees in the past.
- In 2020, the then Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro was the chief guest.
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