CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, which resulted in Mubarak’s resignation, Morsi came to the forefront as head of the Freedom and Justice Party. It became the largest party in the 2011–12 parliamentary election and Morsi was elected president in the 2012 presidential election.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first president of Egypt was Mohamed Naguib, who along with Gamal Abdel Nasser, led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 that overthrew King Farouk and marked the end of the British colonial rule.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 2013 Egyptian coup d’etat took place on 3 July 2013. Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi led a coalition to remove the democratically elected President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi, from power and suspended the Egyptian constitution of 2012.

Detailed explanation-4: -Egypt’s, albeit very brief, experiment with democracy resulted in the election of Mohamed Morsi of the Freedom and Justice party, a Muslim Brotherhood affiliate, and the new president Mohammed Morsi was sworn in on June 30, 2012.