Mubarak's rise and fall (18 images)

Citizen walks in front of an election campaign poster for incumbent Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on August 31, 2005. Caption reads: ‘Yes for a better future for Egypt.' The majority of campaign posters and banners appearing throughout Cairo are placed by supporters of the incumbent President as an act of loyalty and to demonstrate their support for him during the upcoming presidential elections on September 7, 2005. (UPI Photo/Stewart Innes)

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrives at a polling station in Cairo on September 7, 2005. Mubarak is hoping to win a fifth consecutive six year term. (UPI PHOTO/HO)

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak cast his vote at polling station in Cairo on September 7, 2005. Mubarak is hoping to win a fifth consecutive six year term as President of Egypt. (UPI Photo-HO)

French President Jacques Chirac (L) greets his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 16, 2007. Mubarak is on a visit to bid farewell to the outgoing French president, his long-time friend, and to sound out potential successors on the future of France's "Arab policy." (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)