World's Worst Dictators


Hosni Mubarak:

Hosni Mubarak served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. His almost thirty-year presidency made him Egypt's longest-serving leader since Muhammad Ali Pasha.

Mubarak was ousted after 18 days of protests during the 2011 Egyptian revolution when, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak had resigned as president and transferred authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. A prosecutor then ordered Mubarak and both his sons to be in custody for 15 days of questioning about allegations of corruption and abuse of power. He was then ordered to stand trial on charges of premeditated murder of protestors during the revolution.

On 2 June this year, Mubarak was sentenced to life by the Egyptian court. After sentencing, he was reported to have undergone a series of health issues. And soon multiple sources reported that he was very ill, with some reporting that he was in a coma, and others stating that he had had a stroke or had been on life support.