Mohammed Morsi
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1951: Mohamed Morsi born in Nile Delta province of Sharqiya
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1970s: Studies engineering at Cairo University before moving to U.S. to complete PhD
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1985: Returns to Egypt, becoming head of engineering department at Zagazig University
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1977: Joins Islamist Muslim Brotherhood
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2000-05: Heads Brotherhood’s unofficial bloc in Parliament, serving as independent
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2011: Detained during uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, escaping from prison two days later with thousands of other inmates
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Apr 2012: Chosen to run in presidential election after Brotherhood’s original candidate is forced to pull out
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Jun: Becomes Egypt’s first democratically elected president
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Jul 3, 2013: Removed by then army chief and current President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi amid massive popular protests against his rule
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Bloody security crackdown follows, leaving Brotherhood in disarray
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Nov 2013: First appearance since ousting, at trial on charges of inciting violence – first of several court cases against him
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Apr 2015: Morsi sentenced to 20 years in jail on charges linked to killing of protesters in 2012
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May: Sentenced to death over prison break during 2011 uprising – conviction later overturned
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Jun 17, 2019: Dies at age 67 after collapsing in court during trial for espionage
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