Alaa Mubarak
Alaa Mubarak علاء مبارك | |
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MBA) | |
Occupation | Businessman |
Children | 2 |
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Alaa Mohammed Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (
Early life and education
Alaa Mubarak was born in Cairo to Suzanne Mubarak and Hosni Mubarak, who became President of Egypt in 1981, ousted in 2011.[2] Alaa attended St. George's College, Cairo and graduated from the American University in Cairo.[3]
Career
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Mubarak has kept a much lower profile than his younger brother,
In 2011, he was arrested together with his father and brother and three of them later convicted for corruption in 2014.[5] Alaa and his brother were released in October 2015 after completing their four-year prison sentence, which included time already served.[6][7] The EU had imposed sanctions on all three of them, and froze all assets that Mubarak disclosed.[8]
Alaa Mubarak has been named in association with the Panama Papers.[9] In 2013, the British Virgin Islands financial services discovered that Alaa Mubarak owned 'Pan World Investments', an investment fund for the Mubarak family of nearly $1 billion incorporated by Mossack Fonseca, who said he was introduced to them by Credit Suisse.[8]
In September 2018, Alaa was arrested along with his brother
On 12 March 2021, the European Union revoked the sanctions against nine Egyptian individuals including Mubarak family, adopted since 2011.[12]
Personal life
Mubarak is married to Heidy Rasekh, with whom he has had two sons, Muhammad and Omar Alaa Mubarak. Muhammad died on 18 May 2009, aged 12. It was announced that he had suffered a 'severe health crisis', which was identified as a
References
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- ^ (28 June 2012) The Family Al Jazeera)
- ^ a b "Death of President Mubarak's Grandson" (in Arabic). BBC Arabic. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Egypt ex-President Mubarak's sons arrested". BBC News. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, David D. (22 May 2018). "Mubarak Gets 3 Years for Embezzlement, and His Sons Get 4". New York Times. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Egypt court orders release of Hosni Mubarak's sons". The Guardian. Associated Press. 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Egypt court orders release of Hosni Mubarak's sons". BBC. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Mossack Fonseca: inside the firm that helps the super-rich hide their money". The Guardian. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Rayner, Gordon; Morgan, Tom; Riley-Smith, Ben; McCann, Kate (6 April 2016). "Panama Papers: offshore firm set up by Cameron's father was moved to Ireland in year son became PM". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Hendawi, Hamza (22 September 2018). "Egypt court upholds corruption conviction of Mubarak, sons". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Egyptian Court Acquits Mubarak's Sons of Illicit Share Trading". New York Times. Reuters. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Egypt: EU revokes sanctions framework and delists 9 people". Council of the European Union. 12 March 2021.