Otherwise it would lead the country to chaos and that would be a danger to people," Mubarak once said. HUMBLE BEGINNINGSMubarak was a 24-year-old air force pilot when the military overthrew King Farouk in 1952. When much of the air force was wiped out by Israeli warplanes in the Six-Day War of 1967, he was made head of the air force academy, charged with rebuilding air power to hit back. As head of the air force from 1972, he did just that, attacking Israel in 1973. As president, Mubarak sent the army in to quell mutineers in the 1980s, and also repaired relations with Arab states after Sadat's peace with Israel.

Source: bd News24 February 25, 2020 11:15 UTC