Hosni Mubarak

Egyptian Vice President, Gen. Hosni Mubarak (left) and President Anwar Sadat, both dressed in military honor uniforms, pray over the tomb of Egyptian revolution leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, October 6, 1981. Hours later, President Sadat was killed by a group of military Islamist fundamentalists with allegiance to the Al-Jihad group during a parade commemorating Victory Day. Mubarak, who was sitting beside Sadat in the reviewing stand, escaped with a minor hand injury.

Following Sadat's assassination, Mubarak was sworn in as Egypt's fourth president, a position of power he retained for three decades.

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