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Feb 02 2011

President Mubarak received honorary degree from GW in ’99

Posted by: Nico Dodd in News, Vox Populi, tags: ,

In 1999, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received an honorary doctorate of laws from GW. During his visit to Washington, it was his only public appearance.

Mubarak had been president for only 18 years at the time. Then GW president Joel Trachtenberg praised him for he peacekeeping efforts.

“You, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, addressed destiny as one of the pre-eminent figures in the contemporary story of the Arab Republic of Egypt, a role that history gave you and that you filled with compassion, courage and grace.”

Well, he’ll certainly be in the history books.

h/t GW Hatchet

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3 Responses to “President Mubarak received honorary degree from GW in ’99”
  1. Jeremy John says: February 2nd, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    This highlights the fact that universities often honor repressive heads of state. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that Mubarak would come to Georgetown:

  2. Laxrules says: February 2nd, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    Mubarak–typical GW grad.

  3. Laxrules says: February 2nd, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    Thanks for wasting 3 seconds of my time with that video, Jemery.

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