Alaa Mubarak علاء مبارك |
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Born |
Alaa Al Din Mohammed Hosni Ei Sayed Mubarak 26 November 1960 Cairo, Egypt |
Nationality | Egyptian, British |
Other names | Alan |
Alma mater |
St. George's College, Cairo American University in Cairo (MBA) |
Occupation | Businessman |
Political party | National Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Heddy Rasekh (m. 1991) |
Children | Muhammad (Deceased) Omar |
Parent(s) |
Hosni Mubarak(Father) Suzanne Mubarak(Mother) |
Alaa Mubarak (Arabic: علاء مبارك Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ʕæˈlæːʔ moˈbɑːɾɑk]) (born 26 November 1960 in Cairo) is an Egyptian businessman and the elder of two sons of Hosni Mubarak the former President of Egypt who served from 1981 to 2011, and his wife Suzanne Mubarak.
Alaa Mubarak was born in Cairo to Suzanne Mubarak and Hosni Mubarak, who became President of Egypt in 1981, ousted in 2011. Within the family, under his half-British mother, . However, controversy sparked whether the two sons were called by their british names " Alan and Jimmy". . Alaa attended St. George's College, Cairo and graduated from the American University in Cairo.
Mubarak has kept a much lower profile than his younger brother, Gamal, and was not involved in politics.
In 2011, he was arrested together with his father and brother, and he and his brother were released in October 2015. The EU had imposed sanctions on father and sons, and froze all assets that Mubarak disclosed.
Alaa Mubarak has been named in association with the Panama Papers. In 2013, the British Virgin Islands financial services discovered that Ala 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.
Mubarak is married to Heddy Rasekh, and they have had two sons, Muhammad and Omar. Muhammad died on 18 May 2009, aged 12. It was announced that he had suffered a 'severe health crisis', a brain haemorrhage. He was checked into the Maadi Military Hospital for a couple of hours before being flown to Paris to no avail. His body was returned and buried in Cairo.