Chief guest of republic day 2023

In news – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations in January 2023. How is the Chief Guest chosen? • There is a lot of thought that goes behind the selection of the Chief Guest of the Republic Day parade, with the process commencing nearly six months in advance of the event. All kinds of considerations are taken into account by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) before extending the invitation. • The most central consideration is the nature of the relationship between India and the country concerned. Invitation to be the Chief Guest of the Republic Day parade is the ultimate sign of friendship between India and the country of the invitee. • Political, commercial, military and economic interests of India are crucial drivers of the decision, with MEA seeking to use the occasion to strengthen ties with the country of the invitee in all these respects. • Another factor that has historically played a role in the choice of the Chief Guest is the association with the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which began in the late 1950s, early 1960s. • The first Chief Guest of the parade in 1950 was President Sukarno of Indonesia, one of the five founding members of the NAM alongside Nasser (Egypt), Nkrumah (Ghana), Tito (Yugoslavia) and Nehru (India). • Al-Sisi’s invitation invokes the history of the NAM and the close relationship India and Egypt have shared for 75 years. What happens after the MEA has zeroed in on its options? • Afte...

Premium Republic Day 2023: How India chooses its chief guest, why the invitation is significant India's Republic Day chief guest is Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. What goes into selecting the chief guest, and why it is an honour? What could go wrong during the visit? Which leaders have been chief guests in the past? Take a look. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, India’s chief guest for its Republic Day celebrations, was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday after which he held wide-ranging discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This evening, President Droupadi Murmu will host a State Banquet in his honour. El-Sisi is in India on a four-day state visit. He will attend the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on Thursday. He is the first top Egyptian leader to be invited as India’s Republic Day chief guest. Also Explained | Who is Abdel Fattah El-Sisi? Before becoming the president of Egypt in 2014, El-Sisi was the country’s military chief and defence minister. He succeeded the democratically elected Md Morse after a coup in 2013. Subsequently, El-Sisi won the national election in 2014 on an economic development plank. So far, his government has received mixed responses as his critics are concerned regarding Egypt’s current economic distress and violent stifling of opposition voices. Why is being India’s Republic Day chief guest an honour? Being invited as the chief guest at Republic Day celebrations is the highest hono...