Sunday, June 24, 2012

Meet The New Boss

Muslim Brotherhood-backed Mohamed Morsi, a former Member of Parliament and more recently the chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party, has won the Egyptian presidential election.  Morsi defeated his opponent Ahmed Shafiq by about 800,000 votes.  By percentage, the vote was 51.7 for Morsi and 48.3 for Shafiq.  Morsi now holds the distinction of being the first democratically elected president of Egypt.  His educational background is in engineering, including a PhD from USC.

Some reports on Mr. Morsi's election:
Fox News: Morsi wins Egyptian presidential election.
The Washington Post: Mohamed Morsi named new Egyptian president.
The Times Of IsraelMohamed Morsi declared president.
The New York TimesMorsi victory a potent weapon for Islamists.
MSNBCMorsi promises protester's bloodshed will not be in vain.
The GuardianA profile of Mohamed Morsi.

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