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Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s First Democratically Elected President, Dies
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, during an interview in Cairo in 2012.CreditTara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times
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Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, during an interview in Cairo in 2012.CreditCreditTara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times
By Declan Walsh and David D. Kirkpatrick
June 17, 2019
KHARTOUM, Sudan — This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, died in an Egyptian courtroom on Monday, Egyptian state television reported.
Mr. Morsi, 67, won Egypt’s first free presidential election in 2012, but was removed from power a year later in a military takeover.
He was on trial on espionage charges when he fainted and died, Egyptian television said.
Mr. Morsi, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was elected in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprising. The Brotherhood, a 90-year-old Islamist movement, was founded in Egypt.
After Mr. Morsi was ousted in 2013, he was convicted of various crimes in politicized trials held under the new military-backed government. He has remained in prison since then.
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The new government also outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, calling it a terrorist group.
Declan Walsh reported from Khartoum, and David D. Kirkpatrick from London.
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