Interim President: I offer my greetings to the revolutionary people of Egypt

The chief justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in today as the nation’s interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Adly Mansour took the oath of office at the Nile-side Constitutional Court in a ceremony broadcast live on state television. According to military decree, he will serve as Egypt’s interim leader until a new president is elected. A date for that vote has yet to be set.