Consolidation and Durability of Authoritarian Regime: Evaluating the Role of the Egyptian Military in Political Structure

It is possible to say that the Egyptian military has become one of the most important actor in the political structure after the military coup under the leadership of Abdelfettah el-Sisi on 3 July 2013 against the Muslim Brotherhood which came to power after the Egyptian “revolution”. Therefore, the “tradition” that supports the authoritarian structure of political regime regarding the conduct of the presidency coming from Egyptian army after the Free Officers coup of 1952 is became apparent once again. This study focuses on the the role of army from the construction of the authoritarian regime in the 1950s to the consolidation after the Egyptian “revolution”. Therefore, the central role of Egyptian army in the stability of authoritarian regime is the main axis of the study. This study deals with how the Egyptian army has the ability to absorb the political sphere in the periods of political crisis that has been on the agenda since 2011 in the axis of economic-political based approach from a historical perspective. One of the most important arguments of this study is that the military gained the capacity to become the main actor of the political field not only during the 2013 coup but also during the transition period in 2011, inspired by its founding role in the 1952 coup.