Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (born 1935)

Omar Suleiman

Omar Mahmoud Suleiman was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer. A leading figure in Egypt's intelligence system beginning in 1986, Suleiman was appointed to the long-vacant vice presidency by President Hosni Mubarak on 29 January 2011. On 11 February 2011, Suleiman announced Mubarak's resignation and ceased being vice president; governing power was transferred to the Armed Forces Supreme Council, of which Suleiman was not a member in 2011. A new head of intelligence services was appointed by the ruling Supreme Council.

Born

1936

July 2

Died

2012

Era

1930s

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Omar, in brief

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2012 Died

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866 Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army.
1298 Battle of Göllheim: Albert I of Habsburg defeats Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
1494 Age of Discovery: The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.

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The world in 1936

When Omar arrived

april 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
april 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
april 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
april 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

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Alec Douglas-Home 1903–1995 English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995) Bret Hart 1957– Canadian wrestler Chad Henne 1985– American football player Charles Tupper 1821–1915 Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1915) Chris Huhne 1954– English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714–1787 German composer (died 1787) Kenneth Clarke 1940– English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Lindsay Lohan 1986– American actress and singer Patrice Lumumba 1925–1961 Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1925)

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Silvio Berlusconi 1936–2023 Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) Anthony Lester 1936– Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020) Anthony Payne 1936–2021 English composer (born 1936) Antonin Scalia 1936–2016 American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1936) B. J. Habibie 1936–2019 Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019) Bill Mazeroski 1936– American baseball player and coach (died 2026) Bobby Ross 1936– American football player and coach Brian Blessed 1936– English actor Canaan Banana 1936–2003 Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)

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