Mohamed Morsi

Mohamed Morsi (Arabic: محمد محمد مرسى عيسى العياط, ALA-LC: Muḥammad Muḥammad Mursī ‘Īsá al-‘Ayyāṭ  ; 8 August 1951 – 17 June 2019) was an Egyptian politician.^[1] With the support of the Muslim Brotherhood he became the fifth President of Egypt on 30 June 2012. On 3 July 2012, the Egyptian defense minister Abdul Fatah Khalil Al-Sisi declared that Morsi would no longer be president, after many people who wanted him to resign began protesting.

His Excellency Mohamed Morsi
محمد مرسى‎
Official portrait, 2012
5th President of Egypt
In office 30 June 2012 – 3 July 2013
Prime Minister	Kamal Ganzouri Hesham Qandil
Vice President	Mahmoud Mekki
Preceded by	Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Acting)
Succeeded by	Adly Mansour (Acting)
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
In office 30 June 2012 – 2 August 2012
Preceded by	Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party
In office 30 April 2011 – 24 June 2012
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Saad El-Katatni
Member of the People's Assembly of Egypt
In office 1 December 2000 – 12 December 2005
Preceded by	Numan Gumaa
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Abaza
Personal details
Born	(1951-08-08)8 August 1951 El Adwah, Sharqia Governorate, Kingdom of Egypt
Died	17 June 2019(2019-06-17) (aged 67) Cairo, Egypt
Political party	Freedom and Justice Party
Other political affiliations	Muslim Brotherhood
Spouse(s)	Naglaa Mahmoud (1979–present)
Children	5
Alma mater	Cairo University University of Southern California
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On 16 May 2015, Morsi was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court for passing state secrets to Qatar.^[2][3] In 2016 a higher court overturned the death penalty, pending another trial.

On 17 June 2019, Morsi reportedly had a heart attack in a Cairo court and later died, aged 67.^[4][5]