Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak[a] (Egyptian Arabic: محمد حسني مبارك; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. (wikipedia)
The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation. And I did it with honor.
My aim was never to seek a force and take power.
If there is one Osama bin Laden now, there will be 100 bin Ladens afterwards.
I would like to tell you as the president of the republic, I am not embarrassed to listen to the Youth of my country and to respond to them.
I believe that the majority of Egyptian people know who is Hosni Mubarak and it pains me what has been expressed by some people from my own country.
Egypt is going through difficult times and we cannot allow it to carry on.
The situation is not about Hosni Mubarak, but the reality is now about Egypt, its present, the future of its sons, all Egyptians are in the same trench, therefore, we should continue our national dialogue That have already started in the spirit of groups but not enemies.
I am telling you that I am very grateful and am so proud of you for being a symbolic generation that is calling for change to the better, that is dreaming for a better future, and is making the future.
We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or the dangers of weapons of mass destruction.
Egypt firmly and strongly condemns such attacks on civilians and soldiers that led to the deaths of a large number of innocent victims.