With the removal of Mohammed Morsi from the Egyptian presidency just days after completing his first year as Egypt’s first and only democratically elected president, the country seems set for a restart of its political, governance and social institutions at a time when its economic foundations continue to crumble.
Supported by the national military, interim president Adly Mansour and interim prime minister Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will now face the task of pacifying a country still reeling from the effects of its February 2011 revolution and overthrow of strongman Hosni Mubarak, an elongated transition headed by the military’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and an experiment in a year of government by a duly elected president with strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Most immediately, Mansour and ElBaradei have pledged to hold new elections for both president and Egypt’s parliament, though they will face immediate concerns with respect to the Egyptian economy.
As Egypt begins to negotiate yet another phase of political and social uncertainty, you can follow Suffragio‘s prior coverage of the previous presidential election and the key moments of the Morsi administration below.
Photo credit to Breeze Giannasio.
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Egyptian massacre, ‘state of emergency,’ mocks Arab Spring with return to Mubarak-era tactics
August 14, 2013
Egypt 2013 is not Algeria 1991 (whew!), but that’s bad news for Egyptian democracy
August 6, 2013
Why the ultraconservative Salafi movement is now the key constituency in post-Morsi Egypt
July 9, 2013
ElBaradei set to become interim Egyptian prime minister in post-Morsi gamble
July 6, 2013
What comes next for Egypt
July 3, 2013
Will Egypt and Ethiopia come to blows over the Renaissance Dam and water politics?
June 26, 2013
El-Mursi Hegazy and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Egyptian economy
January 9, 2013
Morsi’s Egypt spirals further into chaos with apparent Dec. 15 constitutional referendum
December 3, 2012
Morsi: ‘We’re learning. We’re learning how to be free.’
November 29, 2012
Egyptian president Morsi caught in the crossfire in embassy riots kerfuffle
September 13, 2012
Morsi, in firing defense minister, asserts presidential control over Egypt
August 13, 2012
Egypt’s new government sworn in today featuring continuity from SCAF transitional government
August 2, 2012
Morsi announces surprise choice as new Egyptian prime minister
July 24, 2012
Former Mubarak intelligence chief Omar Suleiman has died
July 19, 2012
Forget PIMCO’s Mohamed El-Erian — Egypt’s new PM is likely to be Mahmoud Abul-Eyoun
July 18, 2012
Morsi and Shafiq both declare victory in Egypt as SCAF moves put transition in doubt
June 20, 2012
Morsi responds to Egypt parliament’s dissolution
June 14, 2012
The SCAF strikes back a day before Egypt’s presidential runoff
June 14, 2012
Sabahi, moderates, revolutionaries, secularists: all left behind in Egyptian presidential runoff
June 13, 2012
Final first-round Egypt election results
May 29, 2012
Sabahi wins Cairo, but not by enough to enter runoff
May 25, 2012
Felool me once, shame on you — Morsi-Shafiq nightmare runoff starts to take shape
May 25, 2012
Early returns indicate a possible Morsi-Shafiq runoff
May 25, 2012
Egypt runoff: Who is Ahmed Shafiq?
May 25, 2012
Egypt runoff: Who is Mohammed Morsi?
May 25, 2012
Television ads in the Egyptian presidential race
May 24, 2012
Second day of voting ends in Egyptian presidential election
May 24, 2012
Abdoul Fatouh v. Moussa v. Morsi v. Sabahi v. Shafiq: five vie for two runoff slots in unpredictable Egyptian race
May 23, 2012