Here are the military leaders who have ruled Egypt since it became a republic

Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi has formally announced his plan to run for president. As our Cairo bureau chief Abigail Hauslohner writes, if he wins the election, it would complete the defeat of Egypt's brief experiment in Islamist rule, and it would make him the sixth military man to lead the country over what has been a nearly unbroken 62-year span of autocracy.

See the list of military leaders who have ruled Egypt since the country became a republic.

Mohamed Naguib (June 1953-Nov. 1954)

Mohamed Naguib addresses the crowds from his presidential palace in 1954. (AP)

Born in Sudan, Naguib led the Free Officers Movement, along with Gamal Abdel Nasser, that deposed King Farouk. After the declaration of the republic, Naguib was sworn in as the first president of Egypt, but he was forcibly removed from power by Nasser less than 1 1/2 years later.

Gamal Abdel Nasser (Nov. 1954-Sept. 1970)

Lt. Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser campaigns to win support for his governing revolution council in 1954. (AP)

After overthrowing Egypt's last monarch in 1952, Nasser ordered a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, put President Mohammed Naguib under house arrest in 1954 and assumed the office of the presidency in 1956.

Anwar Sadat (Oct. 1970-Oct. 1981)

Anwar Sadat is seen on a train during his trip to Mansura in 1978. (Bill Foley/AP)

The Nasser confidant became the third president of Egypt and served until he was assassinated during a victory parade in Cairo.

Hosni Mubarak (Oct. 1981-Feb. 2011)

Hosni Mubarak watches a victory parade in 1974. (Harry Koundjakjian/AP)

After Sadat's assassination, Mubarak became the president, ruling Egypt for almost 30 years. He stepped down during the 2011 revolution, after which a council of top generals ruled the country for 1 1/2 years until Egypt held its first democratic election.

Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Feb. 2011-June 2012)

Mohammed Hussein Tantawi meets with officials at the ministry of defence in Cairo in 2012. (AFP/Getty Images)

Tantawi, who was the commander in chief of the Egyptian military, became the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces - the de facto head of state - after Mubarak's ouster. Soon after his 2012 election, Islamist President Mohamed Morsi pushed Tantawi into retirement and replaced him with Sissi.

Mohamed Morsi (June 2012-July 2013)

Mohammed Morsi holds a news conference at the Presidential palace in Cairo in 2014. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood stalwart, became the first democratically elected head of state in Egypt's history. But he quickly isolated his political opposition and earned a tide of new enemies by granting himself nearly unlimited powers, pushing through an Islamist-backed constitution and failing to fix the country's biggest woe - its economy. Sissi led a coup to remove Morsi after mass protests called for his ouster.

Abdel Fatah al-Sissi (Running for presidency)

Abdel Fattah al-Sissi listen to a press conference by then President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo in 2014. (Khaled Elfiqi/AFP)

The field marshal, who commands vast popularity and who retired as defense minister on Wednesday, will be seeking the presidency this spring; he is almost certain to win.

Summary: Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who is almost certain to win the presidency, will become the sixth military man to lead Egypt.


Maddie Ziegler Talks About Her Mentor Sia

At 13, Maddie Ziegler is the picture of teen confidence — she’s a judge on So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation, she’s going on tour with Sia soon, and, as of October 3, she’s launching her very own clothing line named Maddie. And what’s so brilliant about the dance prodigy is that she’s completely self-aware of who she is — more self-aware than many adults twice and three times her age even — and that’s something she credits to her mentor, Sia.

“I’ve learned a lot from her,” Ziegler says while discussing her new clothing line exclusively with PeopleStyle. (The teen dancer starred in Sia’s music videos like “Big Girls Cry,” “Elastic Heart” and “Chandelier” as well as performed alongside the musician during the 2015 Grammys). “She’s definitely helped me feel comfortable in my own skin. I always had a fear my teeth were too big, and I wanted to fix them. But she told me not to. She said, ‘It’s what makes you you.’ She always reminds me to stay true to myself.”

And that means accepting what she thinks are her own imperfections. “I can’t be perfect at everything and I don’t want to look perfect because I learned to be comfortable and flaws are actually beautiful,” she says. “Even though she might be older than me, we are best friends. Sometimes she is like one of my closest friends, and I know I’m 13, so it’s really weird to say, but it’s true.”

Soon, Maddie will be reunited with her mentor again when she joins the “Sia: Nostalgic for the Present Tour.” But her signature wigs will travel separately. “I actually don’t keep my Sia wigs,” says Ziegler. “Our makeup artist Tonya [Brewer] she always keeps them. She has a sun room in her house and she keeps all of our wigs in there. She just keeps them so that every time when we get ready she will just have them and we will put them on.”

In the meantime, she’s busy launching her own clothing line for fellow teens. “I wanted the line to be something teens could feel confident and happy in,” she says. “Sometimes I’ll go to pick clothes and they’re either too young-looking or too old-looking. There’s never really an in between. We don’t always want to wear bright colors or hot pink daily.”

The collection will range from $25 to $150, and range in sizes 7 to 16 for girls and 1, 3 and 5 for juniors. It drops on maddiestyle.com on October 3rd and and select Nordstrom stores on October 10th.

So how does she stay grounded in the midst of all this success? “I think it’s really important to know where you come from and I know I am just a girl from Pittsburgh who was a dancer and now I am living in L.A. and doing all of these amazing things,” she says. “It’s very important to stay true to yourself.”

For more of our exclusive interview with Maddie Ziegler, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands now.

Summary:
“I’ve learned a lot from her,” says the 13-year-old dance prodigy