- 30th June 2012: Mohamed Morsi wins the presidential elections in Egypt with 51.7 percent of the vote. The next day he is sworn in as the country's first civilian and first Islamist president.
- 12th August: Morsi revoke a decree that gave military council the real power in the country, removing council leader Hussein Tantawi, who has run the country since President Hosni Mubarak had to go in February 2011.
- 22, November: Morsi issues a decree giving him greater powers.
- 30th November: An Islamist-dominated Constituent Assembly adopts a new constitution.
- 8 Dec: Morsi repeals the controversial fullmaktsdekretet.
- 15th and 22 December: In a referendum approves 64 percent of voters the new constitution. The opposition refuses to accept the result. Several killed in clashes between opponents and supporters of Morsi.
- 24th January 2013: Violent clashes between protesters and police in conjunction with the second anniversary of the outbreak of the revolution.Almost 60 people are killed in the course of a week.
- 5 April: Four Christians and Muslims killed in religious clashes.
- 2 June: Egypt's constitutional court invalidates the election of the Senate, the only part of the National Assembly still sitting together, and the Constitutional Assembly.
- 21st June: Tens of thousands of Islamists demonstrating in support of Morsi.
- 30th June: Tens of thousands demonstrate against the president on the first anniversary of his election victory. According to the Minister of Health, 16 killed.
- 1 July: The Opposition gives Morsi a day to resign. The military gives the president two days to resolve the situation.
- 3 July: Morsi is deposited in a military coup and put under arrest. (Source: AFP Manager) (NRK-NTB)
Barack Obama was careful not to make direct distance from the deposition of Morsi.Photo: Evan Vucci / APUnited States urges all Americans to leave Egypt for fear of unrest after President Morsi ouster Wednesday night.
President Barack Obama avoided calling the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi for a coup, when he last night called on the Egyptian military to give power back to a democratic civilian government as soon as possible.
Obama was careful in the use of language when he comments deposition night and said he was "deeply concerned" over the military had removed the government and the constitution set aside.
"I ask the Egyptian military to act quickly and responsibly to give the power back to a democratically elected civilian government as quickly as possible through an inclusive and transparent process and to avoid arbitrary arrests of President Morsi and his supporters", Obama said.
The U.S. president said he has ordered a review of what the Egyptian military actions will have and impact on U.S. military aid to Egypt.
United States contributes around $ 1.5 billion in annual economic aid to the Egyptian military.
In U.S. law, the U.S. can not provide financial assistance to any country whose leader is deposited in a coup.
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President Barack Obama met with his counselors in an emergency meeting in the White House to discuss the developments in Egypt.Photo: Pete Souza / White House / Handout / Reuters
Bs Americans leave the country
The U.S. State Department sent a night out a warning to U.S. citizens to leave the country.
It is not clear how many Americans living in Egypt, but it's probably about several thousand, writes New York Times .
The warning against travel to Egypt at all regarded as a serious blow to Egypt's already hard-hit tourism industry.
Evacuate Embassy
The United States has also started to evacuate the so-called "non-essential" employees at the embassy in Cairo, as well as family members of the embassy staff.
U.S. embassy in Cairo has been closed for several days after demonstrations against President Morsi began last week.
Last Friday was an American student, 21 year old Andrew pochta, killed with a knife during a demonstration in Egypt's second city, Alexandria.
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