2012 in Egypt

Events from the year 2012 in Egypt.

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Incumbents

• President: Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (until 30 June), Mohamed Morsi (starting 30 June)
• Prime Minister: Kamal Ganzouri (until 2 August), Hesham Qandil (starting 2 August)

Events

February

• 1 February – A massive riot took place at Port Said Stadium, following a match between Al Ahly SC and Al Masry SC.^[1]
• 22 February – 2012 Egyptian Shura Council election concluded with Freedom and Justice Party gaining the majority.

March

• 26 March – a constitutional assembly was formed to draft a new Constitution of Egypt.

May

• 10 May – First presidential debate was held and was broadcast live.^[2]
• 23 to 24 May – First round of the 2012 Egyptian presidential election. Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafik proceeding into the second round.
• 31 May – State of Emergency enacted under Hosni Mubarak's administration formally ended.^[3]

June

• 2 June – Hosni Mubarak, former President of Egypt, was sentenced to life imprisonment.^[4]
• 16 to 17 June – Second round of the 2012 Egyptian presidential election. Mohamed Morsi was elected as the fifth President of Egypt.
• 30 June – Mohamed Morsi was sworn in to the office of presidency, being the first Egyptian president to be democratically elected.^[5]

July

• 8 July – Mohamed Morsi declared the nullification of an edict by the previous military government, and called for the return of the elected parliament.^[6]

August

• 2 August – Hesham Qandil was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Egypt.
• 5 August – A terror attack in Sinai resulted in the death of 16 Egyptian soldiers.^[7]
• 12 August – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was appointed as the Minister of Defence.

September

• 11 September – Violent demonstration erupted in Egypt in reaction to Innocence of Muslims, an anti-Islamic YouTube video written by Egyptian-American writer Nakoula Basseley Nakoula.^[8]
• 18 September – A Coptic Christian teacher was sentenced for six years in jail for posting drawings of Muhammad and insulting president Mohamed Morsi on Facebook.^[9]
• 19 September – Egyptian Bloc, a liberal political alliance in opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood, was dissolved.
• 21 September – Three Egyptian militants crossed Egyptian-Israeli border and killed one Israeli soldier before being shot.^[10]

November

• 17 November – A railway accident in Manfalut resulted in the death of 50 school children and one bus driver.
• 22 November – Mohamed Morsi issued a presidential decree that immunized the president's actions since taking office from any judicial review.^[11]

December

• 13 to 22 December – A referendum over the passage of Egyptian Constitution of 2012.^[12]
• 26 December – Egyptian Constitution of 2012 was signed into effect by president Mohamed Morsi.

Deaths

• 17 March – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, leader of Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (born 1923)
• 19 July – Omar Suleiman, former Vice President of Egypt (born 1936)