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Millions of protesters from a range of socio-economic and religious backgrounds demanded the overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Violent clashes between security forces and protesters resulted in at least 846 people killed and over 6,000 injured. [21] [22] Protesters retaliated by burning over 90 police stations across the country. [23]
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak[a] (Arabic: محمد حسني مبارك ; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer 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. He served as its commander from 1972 to ...
The history of Egypt under Hosni Mubarak spans a period of 29 years, beginning with the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat and lasting until the Egyptian revolution of January 2011, when Mubarak was overthrown in a popular uprising as part of the broader Arab Spring movement. His presidency was marked by a continuation of the policies ...
The following chronological summary of major events took place during the 2011 Egyptian revolution right up to Hosni Mubarak 's resignation as the fourth President of Egypt on 11 February 2011. From 1981 to 2011, Hosni Mubarak was in power under emergency law with his son Gamal appearing to be a likely successor for the presidency.
Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist since 1981, became synonymous with despotism and corruption. Despite weeks of recent protests, he refused to hand over power. But on Friday, Egypt ...
The Egyptian Crisis (Arabic: الأزمة المصرية, romanized:al-ʿazma al-Maṣriyya) was a period that started with the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and ended with beginning of the presidency of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2014. It was a tumultuous three years of political and social unrest, characterized by mass protests, a series of ...
Following the 2011 revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, the Brotherhood was legalized [5] and emerged as "the most powerful" [40] and "most cohesive political movement" in Egypt. [2] Its newly formed political party won two referendums, far more seats than any other party in the 2011–12 parliamentary election , [ 41 ] and its candidate ...
During the presidency of Hosni Mubarak, who succeeded Sadat in 1981 and remained in power until 2011, the Brotherhood's relations with the government are still essentially what they were under Sadat: the Brotherhood is tolerated to a degree, but is officially illegal, is not allowed to distribute literature or assemble in public, and is subject ...