May 23, 2013
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Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak is a former Egyptian politician, leader and military commander. He served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.
Mubarak was appointed Vice President of Egypt in 1975, and assumed the presidency on 14 October 1981, following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. His almost thirty-year presidency made him Egypt's longest-serving ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force, serving as its commander from 1972 to 1975 and rising to the rank of air chief marshal.
Mubarak was ousted after 18 days of demonstrations during the 2011 Egyptian revolution when, on 11 February 2011, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak had resigned as president and transferred authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. On 13 April, a prosecutor ordered Mubarak and both his sons to be detained for 15 days of questioning about allegations of corruption and abuse of power. He was then ordered to stand trial on charges of negligence for not giving orders to stop the killing of peaceful protestors during the revolution. These trials officially began on 3 August 2011. Egypt’s military prosecutors then also proclaimed that they were investigating Mubarak's role in the assassination of his predecessor Anwar Sadat.
(via Freebase)
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![Egypt rises against military rule on the 'Friday for self-determination' [Future TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-3482000/3482315/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=d978a397f3371855baffc49e95fa3932 "People attend Friday prayers in Tahrir square in Cairo April 20, 2012: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany")
![Egypt's barred presidential candidates react to decision [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-3297000/3297274/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=e5c6f46649529c6d51a514a0e937c420)
![Thousands of Egyptians rally against Mubarak-era candidates [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-3168000/3168540/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=cbbc4a58601f42da1529dfd100d6e4fe)
![Israel backs Suleiman as Egypt court annuls constitutional panel [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-2957000/2957513/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=60c25ac3b1fa52dcbda018a2cdf66e88)
![Egypt's former intelligence chief accused of attempting to steal the revolution [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-2917000/2917155/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=4dd1635fa7d0c2555efada4d7f9526f8)
![Egypt judge sets Mubarak verdict for June 2 [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-1067000/1067283/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=7f00f8f7bdb785aab24cf8e96adc022d)
![Amnesty accuses Egypt of failure to rein in security forces [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-1033000/1033119/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=800804cfefa3c60159bebf5b186cde62)