Today, Saturday marks the eleventh anniversary of the assumption of power by His Excellency President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on June 8, 2014, an occasion that represents a milestone in the modern history of Egypt, and a real start to a national march towards comprehensive development and building a new republic.

On this national occasion, Dr. Ahmed El-Minshawy, president of Assiut University, expressed his sincere congratulations to His Excellency the president, praising the unprecedented achievements achieved over the past years in various fields, thanks to the wise leadership and strategic vision that laid the foundations of the New Republic and strengthened the position of the Egyptian state regionally and internationally.

Dr. El-Minshawy stressed that the past eleven years have witnessed transformations in multiple sectors, primarily higher education, health, infrastructure, and social protection, within the framework of a clear vision based on investing in the Egyptian human being and improving the quality of his life.

The president of Assiut University also praised the unprecedented boom witnessed by the higher education sector, represented by the expansion of the establishment of private universities, where the number reached 32 universities, after the issuance of Republican decisions to establish 12 new universities, thus increasing the number of universities nationwide from only 50 universities in 2014 to 128 universities at the present time, which clearly reflects the amount of support and attention paid by the political leadership to this vital sector.

Dr. Ahmed El-Minshawy affirmed the renewed commitment of Assiut University to continue its career in the service of national development, and the permanent upgrading of its academic, medical, research and community system, stressing its role as an effective national partner in implementing the vision of the Egyptian state and achieving the goals of the New Republic.