Democracy Now! June 15, 2012

June 15, 2012 from Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND

Days before Egypt's presidential runoff, the Egyptian Supreme Court has dissolved the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated parliament, handing power back to the military. The minimum wage hasn't increased since 2007, but a new bill aims to restore the hourly rate to its inflation-adjusted 1968 figure of over $10. And, as the presidential race heats up, the focus is increasingly on the nation's slow economic recovery. Plus headlines, and more.

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Egyptian presidential election, 2012

A presidential election was held in Egypt on 23 and 24 May 2012. The main election was held on 16 and 17 June. The Muslim Brotherhood declared early 18 June 2012, that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Isla... Explore this topic

Egypt

Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Most of its territory of 1,010,000 square kilometers lies within North Africa and i... Explore this topic

Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt

The Supreme Constitutional Court is an independent judiciary body in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with its new seat in the Cairo suburb of Maadi. The Court is the highest judicial power in Egypt and it alone undertakes the judicial control in respect of the constitutionality of... Explore this topic

Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is the governing body of 21 senior officers in the Egyptian military. As a consequence of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, SCAF took the power to govern Egypt from its departing President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February 2011, and relinquish... Explore this topic

Muslim Brotherhood

The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the Arab world's most influential and one of the largest Islamic movements, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. Founded in Egypt in 1928 as a Pan-Islamic, religious, political, and social movement by t... Explore this topic

Ahmed Shafiq

Ahmed Mohamed Shafik Zaki is an Egyptian politician and a former candidate for the presidency of Egypt. He was a senior commander in the Egyptian Air Force and later served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 31 January 2011 to 3 March 2011. After a career as a fighter pilot, and ... Explore this topic

Mohamed Morsi

Mohamed Morsi is the fifth and current President of Egypt, having assumed office on 30 June 2012. Mohamed Morsi was educated in Egyptian public schools and universities; he was later granted a scholarship from the Egyptian Government to prepare for a PhD degree in the United S... Explore this topic

Egyptian Revolution

The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 took place following a popular uprising that began on 25 January 2011. It was a diverse movement of demonstrations, marches, plaza occupations, riots, non-violent civil resistance, acts of civil disobedience and labor strikes. Millions of protes... Explore this topic

Omar Suleiman

Omar Suleiman was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer. A leading figure in Egypt's intelligence system beginning in 1986, Suleiman was appointed to the long-vacant Vice Presidency by President Hosni Mubarak on 29 January 2011. On 11 Februar... Explore this topic

Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh

Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh Abdel Hady (born 15 October 1951) is an Egyptian physician, former student activist and Islamist politician. Running as an independent, his ideology is Islamist and he was formerly a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. He is known for his staunch op... Explore this topic

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