Mohamed Morsi
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohamed Morsi (Arabic: محمد محمد مرسى عيسى العياط, ALA-LC: Muḥammad Muḥammad Mursī ‘Īsá al-‘Ayyāṭ ; 8 August 1951 – 17 June 2019) was an Egyptian politician.[1] With the support of the Muslim Brotherhood he became the fifth President of Egypt on 30 June 2012. On 3 July 2012, the Egyptian defense minister Abdul Fatah Khalil Al-Sisi declared that Morsi would no longer be president, after many people who wanted him to resign began protesting.
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Mohamed Morsi محمد مرسى | |
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5th President of Egypt | |
In office 30 June 2012 – 3 July 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Kamal Ganzouri Hesham Qandil |
Vice President | Mahmoud Mekki |
Preceded by | Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Adly Mansour (Acting) |
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement | |
In office 30 June 2012 – 2 August 2012 | |
Preceded by | Mohamed Hussein Tantawi |
Succeeded by | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party | |
In office 30 April 2011 – 24 June 2012 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Saad El-Katatni |
Member of the People's Assembly of Egypt | |
In office 1 December 2000 – 12 December 2005 | |
Preceded by | Numan Gumaa |
Succeeded by | Mahmoud Abaza |
Personal details | |
Born | (1951-08-08)8 August 1951 El Adwah, Sharqia Governorate, Kingdom of Egypt |
Died | 17 June 2019(2019-06-17) (aged 67) Cairo, Egypt |
Political party | Freedom and Justice Party |
Other political affiliations | Muslim Brotherhood |
Spouse(s) | Naglaa Mahmoud (1979–present) |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | Cairo University University of Southern California |
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On 16 May 2015, Morsi was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court for passing state secrets to Qatar.[2][3] In 2016 a higher court overturned the death penalty, pending another trial.
On 17 June 2019, Morsi reportedly had a heart attack in a Cairo court and later died, aged 67.[4][5]