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Egypt Election Results: Mohammed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood Candidate, Announced President
Egypt Election Results: Mohammed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood Candidate, Announced President
By The Huffington Post/AP Posted: 06/24/2012 10:33 am Updated: 06/24/2012 12:07 pm
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In this Sunday, May 20, 2012 file photo, the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi holds a rally in Cairo, Egypt.(AP Photo/Fredrik Persson, File) 39880404,602Get World Alerts:
Sign Up Follow: Egypt, Video, Ahmed Shafik, Egypt President, Egypt Presidential Election, Egyptian Elections, Mohamed Morsi, Ahmed Shafiq, Egypt Election Results, Mohammed Morsi, World Elections In 2012, World News After days of delay for the results of its presidential runoff, Egypt has announced Mohammed Morsi as the winner of the election and the country's new president, the Associated Press reports.
Morsi, the candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood, faced off with former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq after the two candidates collected the most votes in the first round of Egypt's presidential election.
The days leading up to the runoff proved increasingly tense for Egypt, as judges appointed by former President Hosni Mubarak ordered parliament to dissolve, a blow to the democratically elected and Islamist-dominated governing body.
On the heels of the parliament ruling and in the midst of vote counting, Egypt's ruling military issued an interim constitution that seemingly deflated whatever power the next president would have.
Thousands took to the streets in protest as both presidential candidates declared victory early in the week, only to have their battle overshadowed by the announcement by Egyptian state media that Mubarak was "clinically dead." Those reports were later denied, with the official word of the 30-year ruler being on life support.
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CAIRO — Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt's first Islamist president on Sunday after the freest elections in the country's history, narrowly defeating Hosni Mubarak's last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in a race that raised political tensions in Egypt to a fever pitch.