Hosni Mubarak
Summary
Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak (Arabic: محمد حسني سيد مبارك, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmːæd ˈħosni ˈsæjːed moˈbɑːɾɑk], Muḥammad Ḥusnī Sayyid Mubārak; born May 4, 1928) is the fourth and current President of the Arab Republic of Egypt.He was appointed vice president in 1975, and assumed the Presidency on October 14, 1981, following the assassination of President Anwar El Sadat. He is the longest-serving Egyptian 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.Beginning on January 25, 2011, a popular uprising called for his resignation as president of Egypt.
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The Muslim Brotherhood's post-uprising TV station
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BBC World Service's cardigan-wearing xenophiles are wasting your cash
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Live chat today: What can journalists learn from NewsDiffs?
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BBC Trust: coverage of Arab Spring needed more 'breadth and context'
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A look at how The New York Times updated its Mubarak ‘clinically dead’ story
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The week ahead: Hunt at Leveson, Julian Assange appeal and the Jubilee Pageant
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Survey: NPR’s listeners best-informed, Fox viewers worst-informed
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The week ahead: G8, Egyptian elections and Adam Smith at Leveson
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News orgs repeat but don’t check reports of Egyptian necrophilia law
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