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Despite three pilot-training tours in the Soviet Union, Mubarak is outspokenly anti-Communist and contemptuous of the Soviet military equipment on which Egypt relied until 1973. (He once told Sadat that the Egyptian air force would not accept MiG-23 fighters, "even if the Russians give them to us free.") He shares Sadat's instinctive, pro-Western orientation. Mubarak's wife of 21 years, Suzanne, is of both British and Egyptian descent; she is a social sciences graduate of the American University of Cairo. Mubarak's two sons, Alaa, 20, and Gamal, 17, are American University...
Where Mubarak differs from Sadat is in his approach to problem solving: a pragmatist is taking the place of a prophet. Says a Western diplomat who knows both men well: "Sadat was the pioneer and innovator. Mubarak will be the con-solidator." The President-designate has had 6½ years to study his new role, with Sadat as his intimate mentor. Sadat's visitors became accustomed to seeing the stocky, taciturn Mubarak sitting near the President, quietly taking notes. Whenever Sadat had one-on-one meetings, as at Camp David, he later briefed Mubarak minutely. "There was nothing...
That closeness, that life in the President's shadow earned Mubarak mocking nicknames of "Sadat's Sadat," "court jester" and "empty face" among Egyptian critics. As one disgruntled parliamentarian put it before last week's tragedy...
...Someone should tell Sadat that there are more than 40 million other Egyptians who should have something to say about who will be President." Nonetheless, U.S. officials who have dealt with Mubarak rate him highly. He has been "carefully tutored," says one, with emphasis. Notes a Washington analyst: "A lot of Egyptian politicians have fallen by the wayside during the Sadat era, but Mubarak has come...
...most telling compliment to Mubarak's abilities came from Sadat himself...