[72], Morsi fired two more high ranking security officials on 16 August 2012: intelligence chief Murad Muwafi the Director of the Intelligence Directorate and the commander of his presidential guards.


Oh Allah, demonstrate Your might and greatness upon them. "[11], In June 2016, Morsi was given a life sentence for passing state secrets to Qatar. Morsi was a lecturer at Zagazig University's engineering department until 2010. [22] He served as a Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2005, officially as an independent candidate because the Brotherhood was technically barred from running candidates for office under President Hosni Mubarak. [135], Morsi attended the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran at the end of August 2012, in a visit which had the potential to catalyze the resumption of normal relations between Egypt and member nations of the non-aligned group: as some of Egypt's diplomatic relationships with member countries had been strained since their signing of a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.

President making military decision for 60 days (War Powers Act of 1973) Ability to use mass media or social media. "[154][155][156] Morsi later met with an African Union delegation. Who determines rules for each state's primary.

[160], On 18 December 2013, Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered the referral of Morsi to criminal court on charges of espionage, in a report headed "The Biggest Case of Espionage in the History of Egypt".
He said the army's budget should be overseen by parliament but there would be a need for secrecy in specific areas.

[105], Morsi received strong support from Qatar, which has maintained long-held ties with the Muslim Brotherhood,[106] of which Morsi was a member until his election.

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[183] Crispin Blunt, who had led a panel of British parliamentarians that had reviewed the conditions Morsi was held under in March 2018, said that, "We feared that if Dr. Morsi was not provided with urgent medical assistance, the damage to his health may be permanent and possibly terminal" and that "sadly, we have been proved right. [168] Morsi still faced separate trials for espionage, terrorism, and prison-break charges[169] and was sentenced to death on 16 May along with other defendants. Additionally, the declaration authorized Morsi to take any measures necessary to protect the revolution. According to Egypt's official news agency, Morsi ordered the immediate return of legislators elected in 2011, a majority of whom are members of Morsi's Freedom and Justice Party and other Islamist groups. [12][13], Mohamed Morsi was born in the Sharqia Governorate, in northern Egypt, of modest provincial origin, in the village of El Adwah, north of Cairo, on 8 August 1951 during the final years of the Egyptian monarchy. [148], On 8 July, Prime Minister Qandil, after initially deciding to remain in his position until the formation of a new government, submitted his resignation effective immediately in protest of the subsequent bloodshed to the recent coup d'état when 51 protesters were killed by the military at the Republican Guard headquarters. [47] He also linked the 2011 revolution to an "Islamic awakening" in the Middle East.

[157][158][159], On 1 September 2013, prosecutors referred Morsi to trial on charges of inciting deadly violence.