2005 egypt holds its first ever multi party presidential election 09 07
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Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.

On September 7, in the year 2005, Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election. This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of September 7, one of 537 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Presidential elections were held by the authoritarian Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt on September 7, 2005, the first to feature more than one candidate. Incumbent president Hosni Mubarak was re-elected for a fifth consecutive six-year term in office, with official results showing he won 88.6% of the vote. The elections were marred by widespread reports of voter intimidation, payments to Mubarak voters, and pressure on poll workers to instruct voters to vote for Mubarak.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on September 7, 2005 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Historical Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 9 August 2026.

On This Date in History 537

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2024 Sep 7 Dan Morgenstern, German-American jazz writer and editor (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2023 Sep 7 Wanda Janicka, Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (born 1923)
Historical Events 2021 Sep 7 Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.
Historical Events 2021 Sep 7 The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the…
Historical Events 2019 Sep 7 Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
Notable Deaths 2018 Sep 7 Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2018 Sep 7 Mac Miller, American rapper (born 1992)
Historical Events 2017 Sep 7 The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 7 Dickie Moore, American actor (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 7 Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (born 1950)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 7 Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 7 Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 7 Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (born 1991)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 7 Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 7 Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 7 Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 7 Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 7 Albert Allen Bartlett, American physicist and academic (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 7 Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 7 Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 7 Pete Hoffman, American cartoonist (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 7 Ilja Hurník, Czech playwright and composer (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 7 Fred Katz, American cellist and composer (born 1919)
Historical Events 2012 Sep 7 Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian…
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 7 César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 7 Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 7 Daniel Weinreb, American computer scientist and programmer (born 1959)
Historical Events 2011 Sep 7 The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv…
Notable Deaths 2011 Sep 7 Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:
Selected Events 2011 Sep 7 Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, crashed…
Historical Events 2010 Sep 7 A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku…
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 7 Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (born 1991)
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 7 William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 7 Barbara Holland, American author (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 7 John Kluge, German-American businessman (born 1914)
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 7 Glenn Shadix, American actor (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 7 Walter White, American fictional protagonist of television series Breaking Bad (born 1958)
Selected Events 2010 Sep 7 A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku…
Historical Events 2008 Sep 7 The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and…
Notable Deaths 2008 Sep 7 Kune Biezeveld, Dutch minister and theologian (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2008 Sep 7 Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian rugby player and actor (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2008 Sep 7 Don Haskins, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2008 Sep 7 Gregory Mcdonald, American author (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2008 Sep 7 Nagi Noda, Japanese director and producer (born 1973)
Notable Births 2006 Sep 7 Ian Chen, American actor
Notable Births 2004 Sep 7 Tsugumi Aritomo, Japanese entertainer
Notable Deaths 2004 Sep 7 Bob Boyd, American baseball player (born 1925)
Selected Events 2004 Sep 7 Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada and devastated at least 85 percent of buildings on the island.
Selected Events 2004 Sep 7 Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada, devastating at least 85 per cent of buildings on the island.
Notable Deaths 2003 Sep 7 Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)

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