- India has invited Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi as the chief guest on Republic Day 2023, said the Ministry of External Affairs in an official statement.
- This would be the first time that an Egyptian president would be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.
- The President of India presides over the Republic Day celebrations. It is customary to invite a leader of a foreign country as the guest of honor at the Republic Day celebrations.
- The first chief guest of the Republic Day parade was former Indonesian President Sukarno in 1950. Only once has a US President been the chief guest at the Republic Day parade.
- Barack Obama, the first black President of the United States, was the chief guest at the 2015 Republic Day parade. The first female chief guest was Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in the year 1961.
Egypt President to be chief guest on Republic Day celebrations 2023
