The Rise of Al-Sisi in Egypt

In June 2012, Muhammad Morsi became president in an election that was ostensibly democratic but rife with corruption. Days later, claiming to act in the will of the people, then Minister of Defense Abd Fattah Sisi staged a coup against Morsi. Al-Sisi's eventual and seemingly inevitable rise to president, filed a months-long crackdown on dissent. As head of a newly emboldened military, he ushered in a new era of authoritarianism.