Presidential elections were held in Egypt between 26 and 28 May 2014. There were only two candidates, former Egyptian defence minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Egyptian Popular Current candidate Hamde
Abdel Fattah el Sisi
Participants holding flags and pictures of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
A soldier escorts an elderly woman to a polling station in Alexandria, 27 May 2014
Protests against the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état erupted in July 2013. Immediately following the removal of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian Armed Forces on 3 July 2013 amid demonstrations agains
Demonstrators holding the Rabia sign in solidarity with the victims of the 14 August massacre of pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo.
Supporters of the ousted President Morsi demonstrate in Damietta on 5 July
Major mass protester killings in Cairo during pro-Morsi-protests, raided or dispersed by security forces after the military coup of July 2013: 8 July: outside the Republican Guard Club headquarters 27 July: Nasr Street and sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque 14 August: sit-ins at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque and Nahda Square 16 August: Ramsis Square and marches en route (including 15 May Bridge) 6 October: marches headed from Dokki and Ramsis towards Tahrir Square
Anti-coup protesters march in Cairo, 14 February 2014