Events from the year 2012 in

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Incumbents

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(until 30 June),

Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012 Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

: Kamal Ganzouri (until 2 August),

Hesham Qandil Hesham Mohamed Qandil (also spelled: ''Hisham Kandil''; ; born 17 September 1962) is an Egyptian engineer and civil servant who was prime minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013. Qandil was appointed as prime minister by President Mohamed Mor ...

(starting 2 August)

Events

February

* 1 February – A massive

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took place at

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, following a match between

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and Al Masry SC. * 22 February – 2012 Egyptian Shura Council election concluded with Freedom and Justice Party gaining the majority.

March

* 26 March – a

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was formed to draft a new

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May

* 10 May – First presidential debate was held and was broadcast live. * 23 to 24 May – First round of the 2012 Egyptian presidential election.

Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012Ahmed Shafik proceeding into the second round. * 31 May –

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enacted under

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's administration formally ended.

June

* 2 June –

, former

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, was sentenced to life imprisonment. * 16 to 17 June – Second round of the 2012 Egyptian presidential election. Mohamed Morsi was elected as the fifth

. * 30 June –

Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012the previous military government, and called for the return of the elected parliament.

August

* 2 August –

was sworn in as the

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. * 5 August – A terror attack in Sinai resulted in the death of 16 Egyptian soldiers. * 12 August –

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was appointed as the

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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. * 18 September – A Coptic Christian teacher was sentenced for six years in jail for posting drawings of

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and insulting president Mohamed Morsi on

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. * 19 September – Egyptian Bloc, a liberal political alliance in opposition to the

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, was dissolved. * 21 September – Three Egyptian militants crossed Egyptian-Israeli border and killed one Israeli soldier before being shot.

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.

December

* 13 to 22 December – A

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over the passage of Egyptian Constitution of 2012. * 26 December – Egyptian Constitution of 2012 was signed into effect by president

Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, leader of

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(born 1923) * 19 July – Omar Suleiman, former Vice President of Egypt (born 1936)

References

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