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Mohamed Morsi declared new Egyptian president Egypt’s electoral commission announced Sunday that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi would be sworn in as president, becoming the Arab world’s first elected Islamist head of state. Morsi defeated Ahmed Shafiq, a former prime minister under ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.
June 26, 2012
A street vendor sells candy during a sit-in against the military at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Egypt's new president has a window of opportunity to pull the economy from the brink of disaster, but he will have to chart a careful path to convince a host of deeply skeptical players at home and abroad that his is a government they can trust.
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June 26, 2012
Egyptian supporters of the country's new president-elect, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, wave their national flag as they demonstrate against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in Cairo's Tahrir Square one day after Morsi was elected as Egypt's "first civilian president." Morsi pledged to be a leader for all Egyptians after being chosen as successor to ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak in a triumph for the long-repressed Islamist movement.
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June 25, 2012
A man holds a poster with former presidential candidate, Ahmed Shafiq, left, ousted president Hosni Mubarak, center, and the head of the military council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, right, depicted as pharaohs in Tahrir Square in Cairo.
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Egyptians celebrate the victory of Mohamed Morsi in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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June 25, 2012
Egyptian President-elect Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, right, is greeted by Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri in Cairo. Morsi, whose presidential powers have already been curbed by the army, began work on a coalition on Monday after touring his new palace, once home of Hosni Mubarak.
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June 25, 2012
Egyptians sleep after celebrating the victory of Mohamed Morsi in the presidential elections in Tahrir Square in Cairo.
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June 24, 2012
Egyptians celebrate the election of Mohamed Morsi as president in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Official election results Sunday confirmed that Morsi is the first freely elected president of Egypt. He received more than 13 million votes, or 52 percent, while his main rival, former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, received 48 percent.
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June 24, 2012
Egypt's new president-elect, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, gives a speech in the studio of the state television station in Cairo after winning the Egyptian presidential elections.
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June 24, 2012
Egypt's new president-elect, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, center, sits in the studio of the state television station in Cairo after recording a speech to the nation following his win in the Egyptian presidential elections. Morsi, the country's first elected leader since a popular uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak, won 52 percent of the vote against ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq.
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June 24, 2012
A supporter of defeated presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq reacts after hearing the results of the election in Cairo.
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June 24, 2012
People fire flares to celebrate the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate, Mohamed Morsi, at Tahrir Square in Cairo.
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June 24, 2012
Fireworks illuminate Cairo's Tahrir Square as Egyptians gather to celebrate Mohamed Morsi's presidential victory Sunday.
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June 24, 2012
Egyptians celebrate the victory of presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo.
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June 24, 2012
An Egyptian supporter of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi celebrates the Islamist's victory in free presidential elections at Morsi's campaign headquarters in Cairo. Morsi was declared Egypt's first Islamist president on Sunday, narrowly defeating Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, in a race that raised political tensions in Egypt to a fever pitch.
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June 24, 2012
Egyptians hoist Islamic scholar Safwat Higazi, a supporter of presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi, during celebrations at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Tens of thousands packed into the square in the largest celebration the protest hub has witnessed since Hosni Mubarak's ouster.
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June 24, 2012
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate, Mohamed Morsi, celebrate in front of his picture at his headquarters in Cairo.
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June 24, 2012
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate, Mohamed Morsi, celebrate his victory at Tahrir Square in Cairo.
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June 24, 2012
Egyptian supporters of former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq react after hearing the final results of the elections in Cairo. Mohamed Morsi was declared Egypt's first Islamist president on Sunday after the freest elections in the country's history, narrowly defeating Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, in a race that raised political tensions in Egypt to a fever pitch.
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June 24, 2012
Egyptian supporters of former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq react after hearing the final results of the elections in Cairo.
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June 23, 2012
A supporter of Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi waves Egypt's flag during a demonstration in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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June 23, 2012
Egyptian protesters sleep under a tent in Tahrir Square during continuing protests as the country awaits the outcome of a presidential runoff vote in Cairo.
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June 23, 2012
A woman cries in anticipation as crowds in Cairo await the outcome of Egypt's presidential runoff election.
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June 23, 2012
Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi wave flags and banners as they demonstrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square while awaiting the results of a divisive presidential election.
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June 22, 2012
Thousands of supporters of Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi pack Cairo's Tahrir Square to denounce what they claim is a power grab by the ruling military, as the nation nervously awaited the results of the first post-Mubarak presidential election.
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June 22, 2012
Protesters wave flags and banners in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Authorities delayed Thursday's planned announcement of the winner of Egypt's presidential election. Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters camped out in the square Wednesday night, denouncing the ruling military and vowing to stay in place until the parliament, which was dissolved last week on a court order, is reinstated.
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June 22, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi, center, performs Friday prayers in Amr Ibn al-As mosque in Cairo. Egypt’s ruling military council on Friday blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for raising tensions in the country by releasing election results early. The council insisted its recent decisions granting the generals sweeping powers were necessary for running the country.
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June 22, 2012
An Egyptian woman holds a banner with the face of Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo.
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June 22, 2012
Egyptian men chant slogans against the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces in Tahrir Square in Cairo. The court earlier this month issued a ruling that resulted in the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood-controlled parliament.
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June 21, 2012
Former prime minister and current presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq addresses a news conference in Cairo. Shafiq said on Friday he was confident of victory in last weekend's presidential election, stepping up a war of words with his Islamist opponent as Egypt waits anxiously for the delayed result.
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June 18, 2012
Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi wave their national flag during celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square after Islamists claimed victory in Egypt's first free presidential vote since its uprising. Rival Ahmed Shafiq, who served as prime minister to deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak, disputed the announcement.
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June 18, 2012
A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate, Mohamed Morsi, holds the flag of Egypt as he celebrates at Tahrir Square in Cairo.
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June 18, 2012
Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi kneel in prayer on an Egyptian flag during celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir square as Islamists claimed victory in Egypt's first free presidential vote since its uprising.
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June 18, 2012
Mohamed Morsi, center, speaks during a news conference after the election at his campaign headquarters.
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June 17, 2012
Soldiers stand guard as women arrive and depart after casting their vote at a polling station in Cairo. Egyptians went to the polls for the second round of voting for the presidential elections. Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that the Islamist-led Parliament must be immediately dissolved and also upheld the right of Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, to run for president.
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June 17, 2012
Election officials count vote at a polling station in Cairo on the final day of a divisive presidential runoff between an Islamist and Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister.
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June 17, 2012
Voters check their names before casting votes during the second day of voting in Egypt's presidential election at a polling station in Giza, south of Cairo.
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June 17, 2012
A boy looks into a polling station during the second day of voting in Egypt's presidential election in Giza.
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June 16, 2012
Egyptian Christian Coptics check the voters’ list outside a polling station in the neighborhood of Shubra in Cairo.
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June 16, 2012
Egyptian women line up at a polling station in Zagazig, 63 miles northeast of Cairo. Egyptians began voting Saturday in the country's landmark presidential runoff, choosing between Ahmed Shafiq, deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's former prime minister, and Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood after a race that has deeply polarized the nation. The two-day balloting will produce Egypt's first popularly elected president.
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June 16, 2012
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June 16, 2012
Presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi, of the Muslim Brotherhood, waves to his supporters after casting his vote at a polling station in a school in al-Sharqya, 37 miles northeast of Cairo.
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June 16, 2012
Egyptians walk under a billboard supporting presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi in Zagazig, 63 miles northeast of Cairo.
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