Justice Adly Mahmoud Mansour, head of Egypt's Constitutional Court, was on Thursday sworn in as interim leader of the troubled nation, hours after the powerful army removed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
Senior Egyptian jurist Adly Mahmoud Mansour has suddenly found himself in the spotlight as the civilian face of the army-backed interim government following the dramatic removal of the Arab country's first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi. The name of Mansour -- head of Egypt's High Constitutional Court -- was announced by army chief General Abdel Fattah Sisi, who says the military commanders had no desire to rule.
Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi was put under detention on Thursday by the army, which launched a massive crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood movement, arresting its senior leaders, even as a top jurist took over as the interim head of state.
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