He will need to address growing domestic energy shortages which have forced Egypt to suspend gas exports from the country’s two liquefied natural gas facilities.
Sisi, who ousted elected former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July after mass protests against his rule, has emerged as the most influential figure in an interim administration that has governed since then.
Sisi is popular among his supporters, who see him as the right candidate to stabilise a country in political and economic crisis.
However,
