Election of Hosni Mubarak

Date: October 14, 1981 • Location: Hadayek El Kobba, Egypt

Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011, following the Egyptian revolution. He was previously the seventh vice president under President Anwar Sadat from 1975 until his accession to the presidency, and the 41st prime minister from 1981 to 1982. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force. He served as its commander from 1972 to 1975 and rose to the rank of air chief marshal in 1973.