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Hosni Mubarak

Hosni Mubarak

20 6.0
An Egyptian leader and former army officer who was president from 1981 to 2011
  • proper noun
: Hosni Mubarak
  • In 1997, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt opened the Al-Salaam Canal of 261 kilometers to transport water under the Suez into the Sinai.
  • President Hosni Mubarak
  • Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Examples

  • Leaders such as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-'Aziz, whom many administration officials viewed as embarrassing allies during Bush's first term, now enjoy a renaissance of U.S. support.

    Academic text (2008)

  • President Hosni Mubarak delivered a nationally televised address in the wake of the bombing, blaming "foreign fingers" for the attack.

    Blog text (34)

  • Demonstrators attack a police vehicle in Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power.

    Blog text (34)

  • At one point, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak went so far as to imply that some Shias in Arab lands might be more faithful to Iran than to their own countries.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The White House sent a letter this morning to advise Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of the decision.

  • Mr. Bush is now in Cairo for meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

  • Shortly after Mr. Ben Ali's fall, Egyptians successfully ousted Hosni Mubarak from his more than 30-year reign.

Synonyms

Mubarak
vsHosni Mubarak
77 6.1

Egyptian leader who was president from 1981 to 2011

uses more dignified terms statesman and military leader

Surface Forms

Hosni Mubarak main

Morphology

Hosni + Mubarak

This is a proper name referring to a specific person, and personal names are not compositionally interpretable from their parts; knowing the constituent words does not yield the person's identity, role, or biographical details. Even if a learner recognised 'Mubarak' as a leader, they would not reliably infer the full referent or dates from the name alone, so the expression is non-compositional for learners.

Etymology

Hosni Mubarak was the Egyptian president who ruled from 1981 to 2011. He stayed in power for many years until large street protests in 2011 forced him to step down, so his name is often used to mean the 'old leadership' or long-term rule in news reports.