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Also Known As Husnī Mubārak • Muḥammad Husnī Said Mubārak • Muḥammad Hosnī Said Mubārak • Ḥosnī Mubārak
Born May 4, 1928 • Al-Minūfiyyah • Egypt
Died February 25, 2020 (aged 91) • Cairo • Egypt
Title / Office president (1981-2011), Egypt
Role In Persian Gulf War • Yom Kippur War

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