2015 in Egypt

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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Egypt.

Incumbents

• President: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
• Prime Minister: Ibrahim Mahlab

Events

January

• January 13 - Egypt's highest court overturns the only remaining conviction against former President Hosni Mubarak (a May 2014 sentencing of three years in prison for embezzlement.^[1]

February

• February 9 - In Cairo, Egypt clashes between Egyptian police and fans of Zamalek SC kill 22. The Egyptian authorities have suspended football league matches indefinitely.^[2]
• February 13 - An Egyptian court orders the release from prison of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy in Cairo.^[3]
• February 18 - Qatar withdraws its ambassador from Egypt following disagreement over Egyptian Air Force strikes against Isil targets in Libya after their killing of 21 Coptic Christian hostages.^[4]

March

• March 8 - A bomb explodes outside a French supermarket in Alexandria, killing one person and wounding six.^[5]
• March 10 - A suicide bomber kills one person and injures 24 in an attack on a police station in the Sinai Peninsula.^[6]
• March 13–15 - The launch of the Egypt Economic Development Conference at the Red Sea City of Sharm el-Sheikh, with over 2,000 delegates from 112 different countries in Egypt to attend the conference.^[7]
• March 16 - An Egyptian court hands down a death sentence to Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and thirteen others.

July

• July 11 - Bombing of the Italian Consulate in Cairo.

Arts and Culture

January

• January 5 - A Czech archaeological team discovers the tomb of formerly unknown Ancient Egyptian queen Khentakawess III who lived during the Fifth Dynasty.^[8]

Deaths

• 17 January - Faten Hamama, actress (born 1931)
• 29 June - Hisham Barakat, Prosecutor General of Egypt (born 1950)
• 10 July - Omar Sharif, actor (born 1932)
• 1 December - Edwar al-Kharrat, novelist (born 1926)

References

1. Noueihed, Lin (13 January 2015). "Egypt's high court overturns last conviction against Mubarak". Reuters. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
2. "Officials: 25 people killed in Egyptian soccer match riot". Associated Press. 9 February 2015.
3. "Fahmy returns to site of arrest in Cairo after release on bail". CP24. Bell Media. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
4. "Egypt, Qatar trade barbs in dispute over Libya strikes".
5. "1 killed, 6 wounded in Egypt blast". 8 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
6. "Suicide Bomber Targets Police in Egypt's Sinai". 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
7. "Egypt Economic Development Conference". Egypt The Future. 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
8. Hare, Breeanna (5 January 2015). "Tomb of unknown queen discovered in Egypt". CNN. Retrieved 13 January 2015.