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Hosni Mubarak, the disappearance in indifference of a fallen pharaoh

2020-02-25T12:39:23.546Z


Sadat's successor reigned for nearly thirty years over Egypt, but he did not see the revival of a people said to be passive coming.


In a region where the success of a politician is measured by the number of years in power, Hosni Mubarak could consider his career with satisfaction. Until this day of February 2011 when he was chased by history. Imprisoned overnight for the "Nile Revolution" for corruption and for having ordered the killing of demonstrators, he had been acquitted of most of the charges against him after the return to power of the army led by the current president, Abdel Fattah al Sissi, and released in 2017. He died on Tuesday, at the age of 91, nine years after leaving office.

Holder of the longevity record of the Egyptian presidents, Hosni Mubarak had acceded to the supreme magistracy following a disaster, the assassination of Anouar al-Sadat, on October 6, 1981, by an Islamist commando. The break in style was complete. His two predecessors radiated charm. The Egyptians nicknamed Mubarak "the Laughing Cow" because of its supposed resemblance

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