Mohamed Morsi was born on 20 August 1951 in El-Adwah. An Egyptian engineer and politician, Morsi was a leading figure of the Muslim Brotherhood and became Egypt's first democratically elected president in 2012, following the uprising that ended the rule of Hosni Mubarak. His brief tenure was marked by conflict with the judiciary and the opposition over a new constitution and a decree expanding his powers, and by economic difficulties. After mass protests against him in the summer of 2013, the army under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi removed him from office. He was arrested and tried on several charges, and he collapsed and died in a courtroom in 2019.
Before and after
- 19 June 1951Birth of Ayman al-Zawahiri
- 16 July 1951Publication of The Catcher in the Rye
- 21 July 1951Birth of Robin Williams
- 10 August 1951Birth of Juan Manuel Santos
- 20 August 1951Birth of Mohamed Morsi
- 1 September 1951ANZUS
- 8 September 1951Treaty of San Francisco
- 8 September 1951Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan
- 28 September 1951Discovery of Ananke
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