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January 2011
-A man sets himself on fire next to the Parliament building in Cairo to protest the country’s economic conditions.
-Turn Cairo into a Was Zone
-Army declares itself allied to the protesters. -
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February 2011
-Mubarak will not run in next election
-Mubarak resigns and hands power over to the military -
August 2011
-Army brings in the tanks, violently takes over Tahrir Square. -
September 2011
-The Army announces parliamentary elections since Mubarak was overthrown.
-Protesters fear remnants of the old regime will stay in power. -
October 2011
-Supreme Council of the Armed Forces plans that could see it retain power until 2013. -
November 2011
-Violence escalates as protest spread beyond Cairo and Alexandria.
-Egyptians vote in the country’s first free ballot -
December 2011
-Egyptians go to the polls once more in runoff elections
-A new government is sworn in by Kamal Ganzouri
-Kamal Ganzouri was appointed to prime minister -
May 2012
-Egyptians vote in the first round of the presidential election -
June 2012
-Mubarak sentenced to life in prison by an Egyptian court.
-Egypt’s election commission announces Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi wins Egypt’s presidential runoff