Hosni Mubarak is a political leader who served as the President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
Hosni Mubarak
@Former President of Egypt, Timeline and Personal Life
May 4, 1928
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: May 4, 1928
- Nationality: Egyptian
- Famous: Former President of Egypt, Leaders, Presidents, Military Leaders
- Spouses: Suzanne Mubarak
- Known as: Muḥammad Ḥusnī El Sayed Mubārak
- Childrens: Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak
- Universities:
- 1949 - Egyptian Military Academy
- Egyptian Air Academy
Hosni Mubarak born at
Monufia Governorate
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Birth Place
He is married to Suzanne Saleh Thabet, and has two sons with her. His wife was born to an Egyptian father and a British mother and is a sociologist by education.
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Personal Life
He was born on 4 May 1928 in Kafr El-Meselha, Monufia Governorate, Egypt. His father was a minor official in the Ministry of Justice.
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Childhood & Early Life
Mubarak received his primary education from his village schools and went to the nearby provincial capital of Shibin El-Kom for his secondary education.
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Childhood & Early Life
He then joined the Egyptian Military Academy from where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Military Sciences in 1949. After leaving the military academy he entered the Air Force Academy and gained his commission as a pilot officer in March 1950. He also received a Bachelor’s degree in aviation sciences and underwent advanced flight and bomber training in the Soviet Union.
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Childhood & Early Life
He joined the Egyptian Air Force and served in several units over the next few years. He became a lecturer in the Air Force Academy in 1952 and taught there till 1959.
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Career
He went to the Soviet Union in February 1959 for undergoing further training in a Soviet pilot training school in Moscow and another at Kant Air Base near Bishkek in the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. His training continued till 1961.
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Career
He earned a seat at the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow in 1964 and trained there for a year. He served as a wing commander in Egypt upon his return and commanded the Cairo West Air Base in October 1966.
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In 1967, the President Gamal Abdel Nasser named Mubarak as the director of the Air Force Academy and entrusted him with the crucial task of rebuilding the air force, which the Israelis had destroyed during the Six Day War of June 1967. Two years later, in 1969 he became Chief of Staff for the Egyptian Air Force and in 1972 its commander-in-chief.
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As the commander-in-chief he was credited with the successful performance of the Egyptian Air Force in the opening days of the war with Israel in October 1973, and was promoted to the rank of air marshal in 1974.
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In 1995, the Government of India honored him with the Jawaharlal Nehru Award which is presented to people "for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world".
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Awards & Achievements
He received the Military Honor Medal Knight Rank from the President of Syria.
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Awards & Achievements
He was honored with the Decoration of King Abdul Aziz-Excellent Degree from King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saoud.
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Awards & Achievements