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Hosni Mubarak won a fifth six-year term as president in 2005. Analysts said at the time they expected the Mubarak family to start work on installing Gamal, 44, as his successor.
But Mubarak, who would be 89 at the end of a sixth term, has never ruled out standing again for the presidency. In 2006, he told parliament he would retain responsibilities for changing Egypt for the rest of his life.
Mubarak, who turned 80 in May, has been at the helm of the most populous Arab country for over a quarter century, making him Egypt's longest-serving leader since Mohamed Ali Pasha of the 19th century.
During his tenure, Mubarak has led Egypt into the centre of regional politics and stayed close to the United States, promoting domestic stability at what critics say is the expense of widespread human rights abuses, systematic rigging of elections and the erosion of the rule of law.
The presidency is overwhelmingly the centre of power in Egypt, but if the institution was unexpectedly vacant then the military, police, business people and the ruling party could assert their various economic and political interests.
Analysts have also said that uncertainty over who will succeed Mubarak is a risk for investors and could threaten the country's growth.
Gamal, the assistant secretary-general of the NDP party, has denied presidential ambitions.

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