National Police Day
National Police Day is a national holiday in Egypt that occurs each year on January 25.
The holiday commemorates and is a remembrance for 50 police officers killed and more wounded when they refused British demands to hand over weapons and evacuate the Ismaïlia Police Station on 25 January 1952. The British Army surrounded the police station, then brought tanks in and took over the police station. The event was photographed by a local and photos published, inciting anger and riots throughout Egypt.
January 25 was declared as an official holiday in 2009 by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to recognize the efforts of Egyptian police to maintain security and stability in Egypt and recognized their sacrifices.
A number of Egyptian opposition groups chose this day to start mass protests in 2011, which turned into a massive popular revolution swept across the country on January 28. This revolution is known as the Revolution of 25 January. And out President Hosni Mubarak stepped down from office, and took over the Supreme Council of the armed forces to lead the country.
Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak : born 4 May 1928 is a former Egyptian politician, leader and military commander. He served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.
Mubarak was appointed Vice President of Egypt in 1975, and assumed the presidency on 14 October 1981, following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. His almost thirty-year presidency made him Egypt´s longest-serving ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force, serving as its commander from 1972 to 1975 and rising to the rank of air chief marshal.
Mubarak was ousted after 18 days of demonstrations during the 2011 Egyptian revolution when, on 11 February 2011, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak had resigned as president and transferred authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. On 13 April, a prosecutor ordered Mubarak and both his sons to be detained for 15 days of questioning about allegations of corruption and abuse of power . He was then ordered to stand trial on charges of negligence for not giving orders to stop the killing of peaceful protestors during the revolution.These trials officially began on 3 August 2011. Egypts military prosecutors then also proclaimed that they were investigating Mubarak´s role in the assassination of his predecessor Anwar Sadat.
On 2 June 2012, Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Egyptian court. After sentencing, he was reported to have suffered a series of health crises. As of 20 June 2012, multiple sources reported that he was very ill, with some reporting that he was in a coma, others stating that he had had a stroke or had been on life support.
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