Morsi’s Downfall

... minister. Al Beblawi had formerly served as the finance minister and negotiated a USD 5 bln loan from the IMF. Mohamed Elbaradei, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former IAEA head who now leads the liberal Ad-Dustur party, was made Vice-President as Salafis are said to have opposed having Elbaradei as the prime minister and head of the executive branch. The ultra-orthodox Salafi Nour party had supported the army in toppling the president, as they believed that Morsi was not sufficiently pro-Islamic....