2013 Egyptian coup d'état

The 2013 Egyptian coup d'état takes place on July 3, 2013.

Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi leads a coalition to remove the President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, from power and suspended the Egyptian constitution of 2012.

The move comes after the military's ultimatum for the government to "resolve its differences" with protesters during widespread national protests.

The military arrests Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders, and declares Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court Adly Mansour as the interim president of Egypt.

The announcement is followed by demonstrations and clashes between supporters and opponents of the move throughout Egypt.

There are mixed international reactions to the events.

Most Arab leaders are generally supportive or neutral, with the exception of Qatar and Tunisia who strongly condemn the military's actions.

The US avoids describing the action as a coup.

Other states either condemn or express concern over the removal of Morsi.

Due to the regulations of the African Union regarding the interruption of constitutional rule by a member state, Egypt is suspended from this union.

There will also be debate in the media regarding the labeling of these events

It will be described by Western mainstream media as a coup or as a revolution by proponents.

Ensuing protests in favor of Morsi are violently suppressed, culminating with the dispersal and massacre of pro-Morsi sit-ins on  August 14, 2013, amid ongoing unrest; journalists, and several hundred protestors are killed by police and military forces.

Muslim Brotherhood members claim twenty-six hundred people were killed, Human Rights Watch documents nine hundred and four deaths, describing it as crimes against humanity and 'one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history', while the government puts the figure at six hundred and twenty-four.

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