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Mohamed Morsi

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Mohamed Morsi
محمد مرسى
5th President of Egypt
In office
30 June 2012 – 3 July 2013
Prime MinisterKamal Ganzouri
Hesham Qandil
Vice PresidentMahmoud Mekki
Preceded byMohamed Hussein Tantawi (Acting)
Succeeded byAdly Mansour (Acting)
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
In office
30 June 2012 – 2 August 2012
Preceded byMohamed Hussein Tantawi
Succeeded byMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party
In office
30 April 2011 – 24 June 2012
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySaad El-Katatni
Member of the People's Assembly of Egypt
In office
1 December 2000 – 12 December 2005
Preceded byNuman Gumaa
Succeeded byMahmoud Abaza
Personal details
Born (1951-08-08) 8 August 1951 (age 73)
Sharqia, Egypt
Political partyFreedom and Justice Party
Other political
affiliations
Muslim Brotherhood
Spouse(s)Naglaa Mahmoud (1979–present)
Children5
Alma materCairo University
University of Southern California
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Mohamed Morsi (Arabic: محمد محمد مرسى عيسى العياط, ALA-LC: Muḥammad Muḥammad Mursī ‘Īsá al-‘Ayyāṭ  ; born 8 August 1951) is an Egyptian politician. 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.