"Combined, those two periods of instability created a huge appetite for someone
like Gen El Sisi, whose smile, youthful looks and energy gave him a charisma
only previously enjoyed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the president who died in 1970
after ruling Egypt for 18 years. Since his death, many have acknowledged his
faults: his rule was oppressive against secular and Islamist dissidents, and the
state-run system he created became riddled with corruption. Gen El Sisi, however, appears determined to
establish a democratic system in which freedoms are guaranteed. He has shown no
political agenda of his own and has enlisted the support of all political
groups, save for the Brotherhood and its Islamist allies, and the nation’s top clerics." (thanks Basim)