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In this photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, President-elect Mohammed Morsi is given a traditional robe during a meeting with political party representatives in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 28, 2012.
CAIRO—Egypt's official news agency says the newly elected Islamist president will be sworn in Saturday before a high court.

Traditionally the president is sworn in before parliament, but the legislature was dissolved by order of the Supreme Constitutional Court, which invalidated parliamentary elections.

Therefore, Mohammed Morsi will be sworn in by that court, which features judges appointed by ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

The official MENA news agency on Thursday quoted court vice president Maher Sami as saying Morsi would be sworn in before the body's 18 judges.

Morsi ran for president as the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, which dominated the dissolved parliament and pressed for the house to be

Egyptians celebrate the victory of Mohammed Morsi in Cairo's Tahrir Square Monday, June 25, 2012. The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner of Egypt's first free presidential election Sunday, and he proclaimed himself a leader "for all Egyptians," although he faces a struggle for power with the country's still-dominant military rulers. ((AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell))
reinstated to swear him in.

Morsi was declared winner of the runoff election on Sunday.

Egyptians celebrate the victory of Mohammed Morsi, in the presidential elections, in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 24, 2012. Morsi was declared Egypt's first Islamist president on Sunday after the freest elections in the country's history, narrowly defeating Hosni Mubarak's last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in a race that raised political tensions in Egypt to a fever pitch. ((AP Photo/Amr Nabil))


An Egyptian man reads a newspaper in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 25, 2012. The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner of Egypt's first free presidential election Sunday, and he proclaimed himself a leader "for all Egyptians," although he faces a struggle for power with the country's still-dominant military rulers. ((AP Photo/Bernat Armangue))

Egyptians sleep after celebrating the victory of Mohammed Morsi, in the presidential elections in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 25, 2012. The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner of Egypt's first free presidential election Sunday, and he proclaimed himself a leader "for all Egyptians," although he faces a struggle for power with the country's still-dominant military rulers. ((AP Photo/Bernat Armangue))