In June 2012, Muhammad Morisi became president in an election that was ostensibly democratic but rife with corruption. After the chaos of the Muslim Brotherhood, many Egyptians welcomed his Sisi as a savior. Al-Sisi's eventual and seemingly inevitable rise to president filed a months-long crackdown on dissent. As head of a newly emboldened military, he ushered in a more violent era of authoritarianism.