Egypt: timeline of the Arab Spring since Hosni Mubarak's ouster

Here are the key events in Egypt since the ousting of Hosni Mubarak.

Hosni Mubarak photographed with his wife Suzanne Moubarak in 2004
Hosni Mubarak photographed with his wife Suzanne Moubarak in 2004 Credit: Photo: REX FEATURES

FEBRUARY 2011

– 11: After daily protests, President Hosni Mubarak resigns and hands power to the army led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi. About 850 people die in the unrest.

– 12: Promising a peaceful transition to democracy, the army suspends the constitution and dissolves parliament.

MARCH

– 19: Egyptians approve a new constitution, with 77.2 per cent voting yes.

APRIL

– 13: Authorities say Mubarak is being held in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh.

– 16: A court dissolves Mubarak's National Democratic Party.

MAY

– 7: Fifteen die and 200 injured as Muslims and Christians clash in Cairo.

JUNE

– 6: A political party formed by the opposition Muslim Brotherhood is declared legal.

– 29: More than 1,000 hurt as protesters and police clash in Tahrir Square.

JULY

– 8: Thousands start a Tahrir sit-in to criticise the military's slow pace of reform.

– 29: Hundreds of thousands of Islamists pack Tahrir in the biggest gathering since Mubarak's fall.

AUGUST

– 3: Trial begins of Mubarak, his two sons, former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six police commanders.

OCTOBER

– 9: Cairo clashes leave 25 people dead, mainly Coptic Christians.

NOVEMBER

– 19: Start of week-long clashes between police and antimilitary demonstrators that leave 42 dead.

– 28-29: Egypt holds its first post-revolt parliamentary election. Islamist parties win about three-quarters of seats.

JANUARY, 2012

– 11: The US State Department's number two sits down with Muslim Brotherhood party leaders.

FEBRUARY

– 1: Riots kill 74 people after a Port Said football match.

APRIL

– 10: A court suspends the Islamist-dominated commission tasked with drafting a new constitution amid a boycott by liberals, moderate Muslims and the Coptic church.

– 17: The electoral commission bars 10 candidates from standing for president, ruling out two Islamists and Mubarak's ex-spy chief.

MAY

– 2: Thugs attack a protest near the defence ministry, leaving at least 20 dead, including supporters of Salafist politician Hazem Abu Ismail.

– 23-24: Egypt holds its first free presidential election.

– 28: Officials announce a run-off vote between Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq, who served briefly as Mubarak's last premier.

– 30: Mubarak's sons, already on trial for corruption with their father, face a new separate case for alleged stock market fraud.

– 31: State of emergency imposed in 1981 ends.

JUNE

– 2: Mubarak and Adly sentenced to life in prison in the murder case, while the six police commanders are acquitted. Original corruption charges against Mubarak's sons dropped. A lawyer for Mubarak says he will appeal. Protesters stage angry rallies.

– 3: State prosecutor says to appeal Mubarak verdicts.

– 11: Mubarak's health deteriorates: prison sources say he is defibrillated twice.

– 14: Egypt's top court annuls the Islamist-led house, paving the way for the military to assume parliament's powers, while allowing Shafiq to stand in the election.

– 19: Mubarak suffers stroke and undergoes defibrillation in prison. He is transferred to military hospital from prison.