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Originally Posted by blankall
Historically, the military has ruled Egypt...
It was the military that overthrew the monarchy in the 1950s. Somehow the country never made the transition to a democracy, and the military party that originally overthrew the monarchy remained in power.
That being said, the army did relinquish power and hold elections last time, when Mubarak was ousted.
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I was always curious how that worked, only ever have read bits and pieces in news stories and anything I remember from way back in high school.