Politics · Science · Technology · 1951–2019
Born: 8 August 1951 · Died: 17 June 2019 · Age at death: 67
Mohamed Morsi died aged 67. He was born on 8 August 1951 and died on 17 June 2019.
Muslim Brotherhood leader who became Egypt's first democratically elected president in 2012 and was ousted by the army in 2013
Did you know?He held a doctorate in engineering and worked as a professor at California State University earlier in his career.
Mohamed Morsi was Egypt's first democratically elected president. He was an engineer who earned a doctorate in the United States. He rose in the Muslim Brotherhood. He won the 2012 election after the fall of Hosni Mubarak. His rule was marked by mass protests and accusations of power grabs. The army removed him in 2013. He died in court in 2019.
Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-Ayyat (Arabic: مُحَمَّد مُحَمَّد مُرْسِي عِيسَى العَيَّاط, romanized: Muḥammad Muḥammad Mursī ʿĪsā al-ʿAyyāṭ, IPA:; 8 August 1951 – 17 June 2019) was an Egyptian politician, engineer, and professor who served as the fifth president of Egypt from 2012 to 2013, when General Abdel Fattah…
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Egyptian politician, 1951–2019
Mohamed Morsi was born in El-Adwah on 8 August 1951.
He earned a PhD at the University of Southern California.
He became president in June 2012.
He was overthrown in July 2013.
Career highlights
Did you know?He taught engineering at California State University, Northridge.
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