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  Gamal Mubarak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gamal Mubarak (Arabic: جمال مبارك), or Gamal-u-dinn Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak (Arabic: جمال الدين محمد حسنى سيد مبارك born 1963), is the younger of the two sons of current Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Mrs.
Latest this was made clear in early 2006, where Gamal Mubarak declared repeatedly that he has no aspiration to succeed his father, but will maintain his position in the NDP as deputy secretary general, a post he holds in addition to heading the party's policies committee, probably the most important organ within the NDP [3].
The elder Mubarak's advancing age has made the question of succession more pertinent, but this problem is likely to be postponed till 2011 with Hosni Mubarak's recent September 2005 election win.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gamal_Mubarak   (668 words)

  
 Hosni Mubarak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mubarak was appointed the Vice-President of the Republic of Egypt after moving up the ranks of the Egyptian Air Force.
Mubarak was born on May 4, 1928 in "Kafr El-Meselha", Al Monufiyah Governorate, Egypt.
Mubarak appointed Ahmed Nazif as the new Prime Minister.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hosni_Mubarak   (1981 words)

  
 Hosni Mubarak - MSN Encarta
Mubarak was educated at Egypt's national Military Academy and Air Force Academy and at the Frunze General Staff Academy in Moscow.
Mubarak supported the 1990 United Nations (UN) sanctions against Iraq when that country invaded Kuwait, orchestrated Arab League opposition to the invasion, committed about 38,500 troops to the anti-Iraq coalition in the Persian Gulf War (1991), and supported postwar efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.
Mubarak survived an assassination attempt unharmed in June 1995 in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761572127   (585 words)

  
 Hosni Mubarak
Mubarak supported the UN sanctions against Iraq, after their occupation of Kuwait in 1990, and Egypt participated in the Gulf War with 38,500 troops, and has been part of the post-war efforts to stabilize the Gulf region.
Mubarak's government advised the Palestinians during the talks in Norway in 1993, leading to the Oslo Agreement of the same year.
Mubarak was re-elected the second time in 1993, and then he declared that he would not run for presidency in the elections in 1999.
www.i-cias.com /e.o/mubarak.htm   (486 words)

  
 Egypt's Mubarak dismisses criticism - Boston.com
Mubarak lashed out at critics who have slammed his handling of the conflict in Lebanon as indecisive and slow.
Mubarak indirectly criticized the Islamist guerrilla group at the start of the conflict, and his son's visit to Beirut to show solidarity with the Lebanese was seen as having come too late.
Mubarak also rebuffed accusations that state negligence caused Monday's train crash in which 58 died, accusing the paper of unfairness in an editorial on the accident.
www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2006/08/24/egypts_mubarak_dismisses_criticism   (487 words)

  
 The President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mubarak headed the Egyptian Military delegation to the USSR and was appointed as the Commander of the Western Air Force Base, at Cairo West Airfield.
Mubarak was named as Vice president of Egypt and was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP), in 1978.
Mubarak became President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Chairman of the National Democratic Party.
www.presidency.gov.eg /html/the_president.html   (252 words)

  
 MUBARAK THE PHARAOH
Mubarak continued his stonewalling on the issue, which led in turn to a renewed wave of rumors about the grooming of his 41-year-old son, Gamal, to succeed his ailing father, in a scenario akin to that of Syria in 2000.
Mubarak is touted as the longest serving president in the history of the Egyptian republic.
Mubarak's reign is already the third longest in Egypt's 4,000 years of recorded history, and has outspanned that of the last four U.S. presidents.
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 Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Mubarak pushes freer Egypt voting
Mubarak, who came to power in 1981 after the assassination of Anwar Sadat, made the announcement during a speech to supporters at a university in the northern province of Menoufiya, the birthplace of Mubarak and much of Egypt's ruling elite.
Mubarak said in the televised address that he had proposed that parliament change Article 76 of the constitution ''to give the opportunity to political parties to enter the presidential elections and provide guarantees that allow more than one candidate to be put forward to the presidency for people to choose among them freely."
Analysts also noted that Mubarak's proposal said that the amendment must state that any potential candidate be a member of an official political party and win the endorsement of parliament, which is dominated by the president's ruling party.
www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/27/mubarak_pushes_freer_egypt_voting   (509 words)

  
 Biografías de Líderes Políticos CIDOB: Hosni Mubarak (Egipto)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mubarak se fogueó en estos años en las cuestiones políticas, de las que apenas tenía experiencia, como enlace ante los gobiernos implicados en las cuestiones de Oriente Próximo, sirviendo a Sadat con absoluta lealtad.
Mubarak, que estaba sentado a su izquierda, escapó milagrosamente del atentado.
Mubarak se convirtió para este país en un puntal de su estrategia de paz regional y en su aliado árabe más confiable.
www.cidob.org /bios/castellano/lideres/m-021.htm   (2434 words)

  
 Egypt Warned U.S. of a Qaeda Plot, Mubarak Asserts
Mubarak said his intelligence officials had no indication what the target would be and had no idea of the magnitude of the coming attack.
Mubarak said he believed that security at the United States Embassy in Cairo was tightened in early September as a result of the warning.
Mubarak's statements come as indications grow that American officials were slow to interpret emerging signs of a Qaeda plot well before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
www.propagandamatrix.com /Egypt_Warned_US_of_a_Qaeda_Plot_Mubarak_Asserts.htm   (1256 words)

  
 Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak Biography
In 1964, Mubarak headed the Egyptian Military delegation to the USSR and was appointed as the Commander of the Western Air Force Base, at Cairo West Airfield.
In April 1975, Hosni Mubarak was named the Vice president of Egypt and was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Party, in 1978.
In 1981, Hosni Mubarak became President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Chairman of the National Democratic Party.
www.iraqinews.com /people_mubarak.shtml   (317 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Egypt's Mubarak sworn in for fifth term   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
CAIRO (AP) — President Hosni Mubarak, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, was sworn in Tuesday to a fifth six-year term after his landslide election victory, and he called on "the majority and the opposition" to work for a modern and democratic Egypt.
Mubarak, 77 and only days short of completing 25 years in office, won 88% of the vote in the Sept. 7 election that was the first contested presidential balloting in Egypt's history.
Mubarak has spent most of his rule trying to improve the economy and implement large development projects.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-09-27-egypt-mubarak_x.htm   (752 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Mubarak aims for youngish, lively look as he enters into campaign
Mubarak's potential presidential challengers have criticized the interview, saying the deck is stacked against them and they are unlikely to get similar airtime.
Nour suggested that Mubarak's more western-minded son, Gamal –; sometimes touted as his political heir – was behind the show, part of a rush of materials promoting the president ahead of the elections.
Mubarak, who usually gives repetitive and makes only formal appearances, appears laughing with the presenter, in some pre-released clips wearing a light blue casual suit without a tie and with dyed hair and makeup.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050424-1537-egypt-candidatemubarak.html   (733 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Mubarak
Mohamed Hosni Mubarak was born on May 4, 1928, in the village of Kafr- El Meselha in the Nile river Delta province of Menoufiya, one of the five children of an inspector of the ministry of justice.
In 1973, Mubarak became a hero of the 1973 Arab Israeli war and Mubarak was named vice president in 1975 and for the next six years, he served as Sadat's confident and troubleshooter.
Mubarak's economic recovery program is designed to spur production of basic goods such as clothing, medicine.......He welcomes investments from foreign business groups and seeks increases in economic aid from foreign governments.He also encourages public debate on matters like birth control, food production.......He is also concerned with the ever widening gulf between the rich and poor.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/july96/mubarak.html   (382 words)

  
 WJLA - Mubarak Declared Winner in Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Incumbent Hosni Mubarak was officially declared the winner of Egypt's first contested presidential elections on Friday - but the vote was marred by allegations of fraud and a lower than expected turnout of 23 percent.
The 77-year-old Mubarak, who has ruled Egypt for 24 years, won a new six-year term with 88.571 percent of the vote, the head of the elections commission, Mahmoud Marie, told reporters.
The election was the first-ever in which Mubarak faced a competitor after years of being re-elected as the sole candidate in "yes-no" referendums.
www.wjla.com /headlines/0905/258924.html   (627 words)

  
 Baheyya: Egypt Analysis and Whimsy بهيّة   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hosni Mubarak and his handlers kindly helped out in this project of presidential diminishment, with their remarkable mixture of incompetence, persistent miscalculation, and extraordinary indifference to the suffering of ordinary citizens.
For instance, instead of resuscitating respect in the presidency and its current occupant, the 2005 presidential elections manoeuvre was swiftly exposed for the cynical sham that it was.
Given how brutally and swiftly Mubarak’s regime has repressed members of nearly every opposition sector, during electoral and non-electoral junctures, it is not difficult to imagine the magnitude of the threat posed by a coordinated opposition effort.
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 USATODAY.com - Mubarak will run in Sept. 7 elections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mubarak looked fit and smiled often during the hour-long speech at the secondary school he graduated from in 1946 in the Nile Delta town of Shebin el-Kom.
The move was a nod to longtime opposition demands for an end to the state of emergency while depicting Mubarak as tough on militants.
Mubarak's nomination was quickly approved by leading members of his ruling National Democratic Party, said Mohammed Kamal, a party leader.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-07-28-hosni_x.htm?csp=34   (789 words)

  
 CNN - Egyptians heap praise and votes on Mubarak - September 26, 1999
CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- Banners and loudspeakers proclaimed the virtues of President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday, as voters went to the polls for a yes-or-no referendum to endorse a fourth term in office for the 71-year-old leader.
Mubarak, his wife Suzanne and two sons, Alaa and Gamal, cast their ballots at a girls' school near their home in the Cairo suburb of Misr el-Gedida.
She was referring to Mubarak's role as air force chief in the 1973 war with Israel.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/meast/9909/26/egypt.referendum.03/index.html   (751 words)

  
 Gamal Mubarak, President of Egypt? - Middle East Quarterly - Spring 2001
Today, at seventy-three years of age, Mubarak is the longest serving ruler in Egypt since Muhammad ‘Ali in the early nineteenth century and one of the most veteran leaders in the Middle East.
Despite Mubarak's refusal to appoint a vice president, it was only after nearly fourteen years that the succession issue broke through the polite silence surrounding it and came to the forefront of the Egyptian agenda.
Mubarak's bulletproof limousine was the third car in line some 70 meters behind the spot where the assailants from the fundamentalist Muslim group, Al-Jama‘a al-Islamiya, blocked the road.
www.meforum.org /article/27   (5026 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mubarak will run in Sept. 7 elections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mubarak, a key U.S. ally, will face an election opponent in the September vote for the first time in a quarter century in office.
Mubarak is expected to easily win a fifth six-year term in the Sept. 7 election, which comes after years of referendums in which he was the only candidate.
Mubarak promised further change in the constitution and reform legislation.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-07-28-hosni_x.htm   (789 words)

  
 Egypt: Mubarak regime cracks down on opposition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In a separate incident, the Mubarak government has charged three judges with “insulting and defaming” the state for their criticisms of electoral fraud during parliamentary elections held last November and December.
Mubarak can ensure that no candidate aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood stands in the next presidential election if he indefinitely postpones the local elections or brings forward the presidential vote.
In the aftermath of the parliamentary elections, Gamal Mubarak, the president’s son and rumoured successor-in-waiting, foreshadowed an offensive against the Islamists.
www.wsws.org /articles/2006/mar2006/egyp-m11.shtml   (1209 words)

  
 WJLA - Mubarak Sweeps Contested Race in Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
President Hosni Mubarak swept Egypt's first contested race for his job, according to preliminary results Thursday, an expected victory in an election praised as progress toward democratic reform despite allegations of fraud.
The election commission - criticized as controlled by Mubarak's government - insisted Wednesday's ballot was a success, though there were widespread reports of irregularities, and voter turnout was perhaps as low as 30 percent.
Mubarak took 78-80 percent of the vote, according to a preliminary count, an election commission official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to announce results.
www.wjla.com /headlines/0905/258582.html   (778 words)

  
 Middle East Transparent – Mubarak's Double Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Using this excuse he has kept in force draconian emergency laws enacted after his predecessor Anwar Sadat was assassinated that allowed the government to arrest and imprison with impunity.
Mubarak’s absolute control of the state machinery makes an opposition victory unlikely.
Mubarak should go and his son should go as well but they maybe affraid that people may take them to court for many voilations that the family have done.
www.metransparent.com /texts/nir_boms_aaron_mannes_mubarak_s_double_game.htm   (629 words)

  
 TIME.com Print Page: World -- Mubarak's Democracy Bombshell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Even members of opposition groups had expected that the constitution would not be changed before the upcoming elections, and their aim had been to create enough opposition noise to pave the way for future change.
Speaking in Menoufia governorate, his birthplace, where he was touring some factories, Mubarak said that it was now up to the political parties to select candidates from within their ranks to run for president.
"Mubarak's decision is definitely a giant leap forward for Egyptian democratic life, but the coming period is crucial in determining the true effectiveness of this initiative," says Hassan Abu Taleb.
www.time.com /time/world/printout/0,8816,1032765,00.html   (812 words)

  
 PM Sharon speaks with Egyptian President Mubarak
Prime Minister Sharon thanked Egyptian President Mubarak for his comments in the Egyptian media on Thursday, and said that he believes that together the two of them will be able to reach great achievements for future generations.
Egyptian President Mubarak noted that he is interested in working and cooperating with Prime Minister Sharon on every matter, and agreed that a strong working relationship could be achieved: “I agree with you completely.
Egyptian President Mubarak stated that Egypt is prepared to do everything in order to aid the advance of the process with the Palestinians.
www.mfa.gov.il /MFA/Government/Communiques/2004/PM+Sharon+speaks+with+Egyptian+Pres+Mubarak+5-Dec-2004.htm   (288 words)

  
 President Meetings in February 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
President Mubarak together with Jordanian King Abdullah II held significant talks to discuss possible means to put an end to the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories.
President Mubarak conferred with the new Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa to discuss enhancement of bilateral cooperation especially in the areas of agriculture and health.
President Mubarak convened with Chairman of Gas De France Pierre Gadonnex to discuss the cooperation agreement expected to be signed between the company and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.
www.presidency.gov.eg /html/President_Meetings_februray2002.html   (674 words)

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