Hosni Mubarak over the years

An undated picture shows then-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, waving to a crowd as Vice President Hosni Mubarak, right, rides beside him.  (AFP/Getty Images)

Hosni Mubarak, left, and Anwar Sadat attend a military parade on Oct. 6, 1981, in Cairo. Sadat, Egypt’s president, was assassinated during the parade. Mubarak became president.  (AFP/Getty Images)

New Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, center, with his new cabinet.  (Bill Foley / Associated Press)

U.S. President Ronald Reagan, center, King Hussein of Jordan, left, and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt walk outside the White House.  (Barry Thumma / Associated Press)

Hosni Mubarak addresses the National Democratic Party in Cairo in July, 1993. The month before, gunmen had tried to assassinate the Egyptian president in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. Mubarak’s bodyguards killed two assailants and wounded a third. The president was not hurt.  (AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to members of the Egyptian Parliament in 1999 after taking the oath of office for a fourth time.  (Enric Marti / Associated Press)

President George W. Bush shakes hands with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, after the Multilateral Summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, in 2003.  (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)

Mubarak shakes hands with Dr. Michael Mayer, left, who operated on the Egyptian president’s back in Munich, Germany, in 2004.  (Frank Leonhardt / AFP/Getty Images)

Hosni Mubarak reviews an honor guard during a visit in 2008 to Pretoria, South Africa.  (Alexander Joe / AFP/Getty Images)

Hosni Mubarak greets supporters at the opening session of the annual congress of his ruling National Democratic Party in 2008.  (Khaled Desouki / AFP/Getty Images)

President Hosni Mubarak delivers a speech during the annual congress of his ruling National Democratic Party in 2009.  (Amr Nabil / Associated Press)

Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo. For the last year he has been dogged by rumors of ailing health, especially after he underwent gall bladder surgery in Germany in March 2010.  (Amr Nabil / Associated Press)

Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman makes the announcement that President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down.  (Egypt TV / Associated Press)

Tahrir Square erupts in joy at the news of Mubarak’s exit. “In 30 years, I haven’t felt freedom,” said Salah Amad, a steel worker.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters in Tahrir Square celebrate the announcement of President Hosni Mubarak‘s resignation.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

An Egyptian woman shouts slogans and holds a poster of a protester killed during the 2011 uprising in front of policemen outside the police academy courtroom as the country braces for a verdict in the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday. The 84-year-old Mubarak, the first Arab leader to be tried by his own people, faces charges of complicity in the killing of some 900 protesters during last year’s uprising that forced him from power.  (Amr Nabil / Associated Press)

Supporters of Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak (portraits) wait for the verdict outside the courthouse in Cairo on June 2, 2012.  (Khaled Desouki / AFP / Getty Images)

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak sits inside a cage in a courtroom during his verdict hearing in Cairo on Saturday. A judge sentenced Mubarak to life in prison after convicting him of involvement in the murder of protesters during the uprising that ousted him last year.  (STR / AFP / Getty Images)

An Egyptian man reacts to the verdict against former President Hosni Mubarak outside the police academy courtroom in Cairo on Saturday.  (Fredrik Persson / Associated Press)