Pictures: Hosni Mubarak's life and times

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AIR FORCE OFFICER: Before he entered politics, Hosni Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force. He served as its commander from 1972 to 1975 and rose to the rank of air chief marshal in 1973. Hosni Mubarak reviews a military parade in Cairo on October 6, 1974. He was then air force commander. Mubarak died on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 91 in a military hospital in Cairo where he had stayed in recent weeks. Image Credit: AP

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VICE PRESIDENT: Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (right) and vice-president Hosni Mubarak on the reviewing stand during a military parade just before soldiers opened fire killing Sadat on October 6, 1981. Image Credit: AP

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1981 TO 2011: Hosni Mubarak assumed presidency after the assassination of Anwar Sadat. Mubarak's presidency lasted almost 30years, making him Egypt's longest-serving ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha, who ruled the country from 1805 to 1848, a reign of 43 years. Image Credit: Rex Features

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ELECTIONS: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with his son, Jamal, left, while monitoring the election results in 2005. On 13 April 2011, a prosecutor ordered Mubarak and both of his sons (Alaa and Gamal) to be detained for 15 days of questioning about allegations of corruption and abuse of power. Image Credit: EPA

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AIR FORCE ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR: File photo of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Some time in the 1950s, he returned to the Air Force Academy as an instructor, remaining there until early 1959. Image Credit: AP

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SPEECH AT PARTY CONGRESS: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak delivers a speech in Cairo, during the opening of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) 6th annual congress. The National Democratic Party often simply called in Arabic الحزب الوطني‎ (Al-Ḥizb al-Waṭaniy)– the "National Party", was a centrist political party in Egypt. It was founded by President Anwar El Sadat in 1978. Image Credit: AP

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FROM MILITARY OFFICER TO POLITICIAN: Mohammed Hosni El Sayed Mubarak is a former Egyptian military and political leader who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force. Image Credit: EPA

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POSITIONS: Hosni Mubarak in a YouTube interview in October 2019. Because of his positions against Islamic fundamentalism and his diplomacy towards Israel, Mubarak was the target of repeated assassination attempts. Image Credit: Twitter

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PERSONAL WEALTH: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, center, arrives with his sons Alaa, left, and Gamal, right, to testify, in a courtroom at the National Police Academy in Cairo. In February 2011, media reports quoted experts who believed the personal wealth of Mubarak and his family was between US$40 billion and US$70 billion from military contracts made during his time as an air force officer. On 12 February 2011, the government of Switzerland announced it was freezing the Swiss bank accounts of Mubarak and his family. Image Credit: AP

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AFRICAN LEADERS: File photo shows Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (centre), with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right), and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (second from left), during a group picture with Arab and African leaders during the second Afro-Arab summit in Sirte, Libya. Image Credit: AP

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INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE: In this screengrab from Egyptian state television aired late in 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak makes what has been billed as an important speech. Mubarak has faced a week of public and international pressure to step down from the role he has held for 30 years, culminating in a day when a quarter-million people turned in the largest protest yet to demand his ouster. Image Credit: AP

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WITH IRAQI LEADER: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki at the Presidential palace in Cairo. Image Credit: AP

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WITH ISRAELI LEADER: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Cairo. Image Credit: AP

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AWARDEE: Hosni Mubarak speaks after receiving the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in New Delhi, India on Nov. 18, 2008. Image Credit: AP

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TAHRIR SQUARE: Protesters hold up a caricature of ousted president Hosni Mubarak carrying ''people's money'' in Tahrir Square, Cairo, April 8, 2011. Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested in Cairo demanding the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak and accusing the military of being too slow to root out corruption from his era. Image Credit: Reuters

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DEMONSTRATIONS: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after 18 days of demonstrations during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. On 11 February 2011, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak had resigned as president and transferred authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Image Credit: AFP

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FATHER AND SONS: File photo shows Gamal Mubarak, left, and Alaa Mubarak, right, sons of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, centre. On 20 February 2011, the Egyptian Prosecutor General ordered the freezing of Mubarak's assets and those of his wife Suzanne, his sons Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, and his daughters-in-law Heidi Rasekh and Khadiga Gamal. Image Credit: AP

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COURTROOM APPEARANCE: In this September 7, 2011 file photo, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak lies on his bed while being taken to the courtroom for another session of his trial in Cairo, Egypt. On Wednesday, Mubarak, on a stretcher, arrived in court for the resumption of his trial. Image Credit: AP

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BEHIND BARS: An image grab taken from Egyptian state TV shows ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak waving from behind bars during his retrial at the Police Academy in Cairo on April 13, 2013. Image Credit: AFP

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