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President Hosni Mubarak As president of Egypt, is the most powerful leader in the region.The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the elected Head of State of Egypt. Under the Egyptian Constitution, the President is also the Supreme Commander of the armed forces and head of the Executive branch of the Egyptian government.

The First President of Egypt, Muhammad Naguib, took office on June 18, 1953.The 4th and current President of Egypt is Hosni Mubarak. His first term ran from October 14, 1981 and as of September 2005 is serving his fifth term in office. President Mubarak is not constitutionally barred from another term.

  

  

President Hosni Mubarak

Air Chief Marshal Muhammad Husnī Mubārak, commonly known as Hosni Mubarak, Husnī Mubārak (born May 4, 1928) has been the president of Egypt since October 14, 1981.Mubarak was appointed vice- president of the Republic of Egypt after moving up the ranks of the Egyptian Air Force.

He ascended to the presidency, succeeding President Anwar Al Sadat, following the latter's assassination on October 6, 1981.Biography

Mubarak was born in "Kafr El-Meselha", Al Monufiyah Governorate, Egypt. Upon completion of high school, he joined the Egyptian Military Academy, where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Military Sciences in 1949. In 1950, he joined the Air Force Academy, eventually earning a Bachelor's Degree in Aviation Sciences, and was assigned to the bombers squadrons.

Part of his pilot's training he received at the Soviet pilot training school in Frunze (current Bishkek), in Soviet Kyrgyzstan. He then moved up the chain of command, holding the positions of pilot, instructor, squadron leader and base commander. In 1964, he was appointed head of the Egyptian Military Delegation to the USSR. In the years between 1967 and 1972, during the War of Attrition between Egypt and Israel, Mubarak was appointed Director of the Air Force Academy and Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Air Force. In 1972, he became Commander of the Air Force and deputy minister of war.

In October 1973, following the October War, also known as Yom Kippur War and the 10th of Ramadan War, Mubarak was promoted to the rank of Air Chief Marshal. In April 1975, he was appointed Vice-President of Egypt and, in 1978, he was selected as Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP).Following the assassination of President Sadat by militants in 1981, Mubarak became President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP).

Hosni Mubarak is married to Suzanne Mubarak, and has two sons: Alaa and Gamal.

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