On 3 July 2013, the Egyptian army chief General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi removed the country's then-incumbent president Mohamed Morsi from power and suspended the Egyptian constitution. The move came after ongoing public protests in Egypt mainly against Morsi, and a warning from the army to respond to the demands of the millions of protesters or it would impose its own roadmap. Al-Sisi declared Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Adly Mansour as the interim president of Egypt. Morsi was put under house arrest and several Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested. The announcement was followed by demonstrations and clashes between supporters and opponents of the move throughout Egypt.
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| - On 3 July 2013, the Egyptian army chief General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi removed the country's then-incumbent president Mohamed Morsi from power and suspended the Egyptian constitution. The move came after ongoing public protests in Egypt mainly against Morsi, and a warning from the army to respond to the demands of the millions of protesters or it would impose its own roadmap. Al-Sisi declared Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Adly Mansour as the interim president of Egypt. Morsi was put under house arrest and several Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested. The announcement was followed by demonstrations and clashes between supporters and opponents of the move throughout Egypt.
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| - Deposing President Mohamed Morsi
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| - the 2012–13 Egyptian protests
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| - General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi announcing the removal of President Mohamed Morsi
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| - Egyptian Revolution of 2013
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| - deposed by the military
Constitution suspended
Adly Mansour becomes acting president
A new election to be determined by the interim government
Arrests and detainment of Muslim Brotherhood members
Closure of perceived pro-Muslim Brotherhood media outlets
Dissolution of Shura Council
Suspension of Egypt from the African Union
- President Mohamed Morsi
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- Muslim Brotherhood
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- Government of Egypt
- National Salvation Front
- Tamarod
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| - Tahrir Square and Heliopolis Palace in Cairo and other Egyptian cities including Alexandria, Port Said, Suez.
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| - On 3 July 2013, the Egyptian army chief General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi removed the country's then-incumbent president Mohamed Morsi from power and suspended the Egyptian constitution. The move came after ongoing public protests in Egypt mainly against Morsi, and a warning from the army to respond to the demands of the millions of protesters or it would impose its own roadmap. Al-Sisi declared Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Adly Mansour as the interim president of Egypt. Morsi was put under house arrest and several Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested. The announcement was followed by demonstrations and clashes between supporters and opponents of the move throughout Egypt. The protests against Morsi on 30 June marked the one-year anniversary of Morsi's inauguration as president. According to the Egyptian military as many as 14 million protesters across Egypt took to the streets and demanded the immediate resignation of the president. Reasons for demanding Morsi's resignation include accusations that he was increasingly authoritarian and pushing through an Islamist agenda without regard to secular opponents or the rule of law. The demonstrations, which had been largely peaceful, turned violent when five anti-Morsi protesters were killed in separate clashes and shootings. At the same time, supporters of Morsi staged rallies in Nasr City, a district of Cairo. On the morning of 1 July, anti-Morsi protesters ransacked the national headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. Protesters threw objects at windows and looted the building, making off with office equipment and documents. The Health and Population Ministry confirmed the deaths of eight people killed in clashes around the headquarters in Mokattam. On 3 July, gunmen opened fire on a pro-Morsi rally, killing 16-18 people and wounding 200 others. During the same time as the anti-government protests were ongoing, there were also other bigger pro-Morsi protests. The situation escalated, with Morsi refusing the people and military's demands for him to leave power and the army threatening to take over if the civilian politicians did not resolve the situation. Morsi gave a defiant speech in which he reiterated his "legitimacy" as a democratically elected president and criticised the military for taking sides in the crisis. On 3 July, the Egyptian military announced the end of Mohammed Morsi's presidency, the suspension of the constitution, and that a new presidential election will be held soon. The military appointed Judge Adly Mansour as the interim president, and charged him with forming a transitional technocratic government. Morsi was put under house arrest and senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested. The announcement was followed by demonstrations and clashes between supporters and opponents of the removal of Morsi throughout Egypt. The announcement was followed by a statement in support of the military's action by the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II as well as opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei. There were mixed international reactions to the events. Most of the Arab leaders were generally supportive or neutral, with the notable exception of the founding state of the Arab Spring, Tunisia. Other states either condemned or expressed concern over the removal of Morsi; there was also a perceived measured response from the United States. Due to the regulations of the African Union regarding the interruption of constitutional rule by a member state, Egypt was suspended from that union. There has also been debate in the media regarding the labeling of these events. It has been variously described as a coup d'état or as a revolution. Following protests in favor of Morsi were violently suppressed with the August 2013 Egyptian raids.
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