Hosni Mubarak
1928 – 2020 Egyptian air force officer, president
Egypt's long-ruling president and key US ally, forced out by the 2011 uprising.
- Religion
- Sunni Muslim
- Affiliations
- National Democratic Party (Egypt); close US ally
Hosni Mubarak became president of Egypt in 1981 after the assassination of Anwar Sadat and ruled for nearly thirty years under emergency law. He was a central US ally in the region and a major recipient of American military aid. The 2011 uprising forced his resignation, and he was later tried on charges tied to protester deaths and corruption.
In the timeline
- 1981 Mubarak becomes America's anchor in Egypt mentioned
- 1981 Mubarak's Egypt as a Western anchor mentioned