Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the former army head who ousted² his predecessor³ Mohammed Morsi, was widely mocked for his pledge as he laid out development plans last Wednesday.

 

"If it were possible for me to be sold, I would sell myself," he said in a speech on the state television, where he also reportedly asked Egyptians to donate to public funds.

 

An eBay user quickly held the president to his word by putting him up for sale on a joke page.

 

Bids from more than 100 users quickly rocketed to $100,000 but the page was taken down later on Wednesday.

 

Next to a photo of a laughing president Sisi, he was listed as a "slightly used" field marshal and doctor of philosophers with a military background, according to a translation by Foreign Policy.

 

The seller, "dr_motown", told a potential buyer asking for more information the head of state had been used by "his previous owners".

 

"Hey world, we decided⁴ to sell the infamous⁵ Egyptian Field Marshal and military coup⁶ leader Mr Abdel Fatah el-Sisi on eBay to bail⁷ out the Egyptian economy so you don't have to," the description read.

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