Dictatorship In Egypt: Hosni Mubarak

Egypt’s dictator for nearly three decades, Hosni Mubarak once said, “My aim was never to seek a force and take power.” Just like most dictators, Hosni Mubarak’s desire was to appeal to the Egyptian citizens, which he did at first. He never intended on obtaining enough power to be considered a dictator. Dictatorship is the ruling of a country with little or no help at all from the government or society. A dictator disregards checks and balances between the branches of governments and seizes most of the power. Another prevalent characteristic of a dictator is that they were once loved by society, but as they got ahold of more and more power, their main priority was to seize complete authority. Hosni Mubarak was a strong leader during his early
Up until his final years in the military before he became vice president and soon enough, president, he proved to Egypt that he was willing to fight at all costs. He gained trust from the citizens of Egypt because he was seen as a hero even before he became president. Mubarak was an extremely successful individual before his presidency. He showed signs of this since his early days in his military
Towards the beginning of his reign, Hosni did not show any signs of a dictator. He generally listened to his people, however as time went on and nobody decided to run against him as president, Mubarak’s arrogance and dictatorship made an appearance. Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship was violent in some ways. When he was worried about being overthrown from his position in office, he risked civilians lives in order to save his job as the president, along with his and Egypt’s reputation. Mubarak thought the best thing for him to do was fight back with the help of police officers, government officials and his