Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ditched his military fatigues on Thursday and resigned as Egypt’s defense minister, a day after announcing he would run for president

Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ditched his military fatigues on Thursday and resigned as Egypt's defense minister, a day after announcing he would run for president.
  
Sisi turned up in civilian clothes at the weekly cabinet meeting to submit his resignation as minister after quitting as army chief the previous night, state news agency MENA reported.
  
Meanwhile, General Sedki Sobhi was sworn in as the new defense minister and army chief on Thursday, while Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazi replaced Sobhi as army chief of staff, the presidency said. Hegazy is the father-in-law of Sisi's son.
  
Declaring his widely anticipated candidacy in his televised address to the nation on Wednesday, Sisi vowed to fight "terrorism" and work towards restoring the country's battered economy.
  
Wildly popular Sisi faces no serious competition in the presidential election to be held before June and is widely seen as the only leader able to restore order after more than three years of turmoil since the Arab Spring overthrow of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak.
  
"With all modesty, I nominate myself for the presidency of Egypt," Sisi said in his address to the nation, attired in his field marshal's uniform and sitting behind a desk. He also vowed to fight militancy, which has killed more than 200 policemen and troops since Sisi's ouster of elected president Mohamed Mursi last July.