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Egypt’s former interim President Adly Mansour speaks at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, January 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

Adly Mansour rules out parliamentary role: sources

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Oct 10, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former interim Egyptian president Adly Mansour has rejected a number of offers to stand in the country’s forthcoming parliamentary elections, as part of a broader plan that would see him assume the role of speaker of parliament, Egyptian...

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Hazem El-Beblawi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Hazem El-Beblawi: I became PM when Egypt was in grave danger

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 1, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—It was family friend Mohamed El-Baradei who first told Hazem El-Beblawi he had been chosen to become Egypt’s new prime minister. It was a dangerous time for the country: Islamist president Mohamed Mursi had just been ousted by the army (headed...

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Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony as Egypt’s new president at the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, June 8, 2014 in this still image taken from video. (Reuters/Egyptian State Television)

Egypt’s Sisi sworn in as president

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 8, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—Egypt’s former army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi was sworn in on Sunday as president for a four-year term, taking the reins of power in a nation roiled since 2011 by deadly unrest and economic woes. Sisi’s inauguration came less than a year after...

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Egypt’s former interim President Adly Mansour speaks at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, January 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

Egypt: Adly Mansour bids farewell with spate of legislation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 6, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In his final days in office, outgoing interim president Adly Mansour has moved to cement his place in modern history as the only Egyptian head of state to leave office through an orderly transition of power by signing into law a set of major...

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An Egyptian supporter of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the nation’s former military chief, wears a toy tank on his head as he holds a poster showing him with images of late presidents Anwar Sadat, top left, Gamal Abdel Nasser, top right and Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour, bottom right, during a celebration in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday, May 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian government reviews controversial election law

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Jun 1, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian political parties have locked horns with the government over a proposed parliamentary election law which they rejected as detrimental to the country’s transition to democracy, threatening escalation if the government insists on pushing...