# Egyptian military ousts President Mohamed Morsi

Date: 2013

Mohamed [Mohamed Morsi](/people/mohamed-morsi) Eissa Al-Ayyat was an Egyptian politician, engineer, and professor who served as the fifth president of Egypt from 2012 to 2013, when General [Abdel Fattah el-Sisi](/people/abdel-fattah-el-sisi) removed him from office in a coup d'état after protests in June. Affiliated with the [Muslim Brotherhood](/organizations/muslim-brotherhood) organization, Morsi led the Freedom and Justice Party from 2011 to 2012.

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