born May 4, 1928, Al-Minūfiyyah governorate, Egypt
President of Egypt (from 1981).
He attended a Soviet air academy and as air force commander (from 1972) planned Egypt's opening moves in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war . Named vice president in 1975, he became president on Anwar el-Sādāt 's assassination in 1981. He maintained relations with Israel while working to restore Egypt to its traditional position as the most influential of the Arab states.
Hosnī Mubārak, 1982.
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