| Republic of Egypt جمهورية مصر Ǧumhūriyyat Maṣr |
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| Anthem Bilady, Bilady, Bilady |
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| Green: Republic of Egypt Light green: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan condominium until 1956 |
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| Capital | Cairo | ||||
| Language(s) | Arabic | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
| Government | Republic, Socialist state |
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| President | |||||
| - 1953–1954 | Muhammad Naguib | ||||
| - 1954–1958 | Gamal Abdel Nasser | ||||
| Prime minister | |||||
| - 1953–1954 | Muhammad Naguib | ||||
| - 1954 | Gamal Abdel Nasser | ||||
| - 1954 | Muhammad Naguib | ||||
| - 1954–1958 | Gamal Abdel Nasser | ||||
| History | |||||
| - Monarchy abolished | 18 June 1953 | ||||
| - U.A.R. proclaimed | 22 February 1958 | ||||
| Currency | Egyptian pound | ||||
The Republic of Egypt was formed as a result of unpopularity of the monarchy, seen as being too sentimential with the British and coupled with the defeat in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the subsequent Egyptian Revolution of 1952 which was led by a group of army officers called the Free Officers Movement, and in 1953 the monarchy was formally abolished and the county was proclaimed Republic of Egypt until its merger with Syria in 1958 when it was renamed the United Arab Republic.
With the declaration of the Republic, Naguib was sworn in as Egypts first ever President.[1]
His successor Gamal Abdel Nasser became president until his death in 1970. Nasser was also the first Egyptian ruler of Egypt in over 2000 years.[2]