Khairat El-Shater resigned from Muslim Brotherhood to run for presidency, said Mohamed Badie, the MB leader, in a press conference Saturday night, Ahram Online reported.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has chosen El-Shater as the presidential candidate for the Islamist group's Freedom and Justice Party, "informed sources" within the faction told Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram earlier.
The decision was made by a majority vote among the party's members.
Fifty six member's of the FJP's 108-representative council voted in favor of Shater, while 52 voted against.