By Daily Mail Reporter Hail to the chief: Egypt's former army chief Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as the country's new president amid tight security in Cairo Egypt's former army chief Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as president amid tight security. The field marshal’s inauguration in Cairo yesterday came less than a year after he ousted elected president Mohammed Morsi, following protests against his rule in which hundreds were killed. The day was declared a national holiday – as soldiers in armoured vehicles kept order in the city. Mr al-Sisi, 59, took the oath of office for his four-year term at the Supreme Constitutional Court as Morsi did two years ago.
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Inauguration comes less than a year after he ousted Mohammed Morsi
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Morsi and members of his Muslim Brotherhood are now on trial
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Mr al-Sisi won an incredible 97 per cent of the vote in elections last month
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