Anatomy of a Dictatorship: Hosni Mubarak

The many repressions of Egypt's 30-year-president.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | FEBRUARY 4, 2011

History's first verdict on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was rendered late Tuesday night, when thousands of protestors forced the autocrat to vow not to run for office again. The president, they chanted, was an autocrat, a repressor, and a tired leader. He had to go.