Profile: Hosni Mubarak
WHO: Hosni Mubarak, president of Egypt
BORN: 1928
EDUCATION: Egyptian Military Academy
BACKGROUND: Elected president after the assassination of Anwar Sadat on Oct. 6, 1981, reelected in 1987. His performance in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War as air force commander led to his appointment as vice president in 1975.
POSITION: Mubarak has emerged as the most dependable Arab friend of the United States since the crisis in the gulf began.
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