Gamal Mubarak

The Mubarak family's assets in Switzerland were frozen, and Gamal was among those targeted by a lengthy investigation into possible money laundering. The Suisse Secrets leaks also documented substantial family accounts.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

Gamal and Alaa Mubarak were prosecuted over transactions connected with the sale of the National Bank of Egypt and accused of making illicit profits through information or stock market arrangements.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

Acquitted / conviction overturned

Attribution

Accused

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

Gamal Mubarak was convicted alongside Hosni and Alaa Mubarak of using public funds intended for presidential palaces to renovate private properties.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Directly implicated

Gamal Mubarak's rise to lead the ruling party's policies committee and his increasing prominence fuelled the belief for years that he was being prepared to succeed his father.

Legal status — source text

Not applicable

Attribution

Political responsibility

Gamal Mubarak held a central position in the NDP leadership and policies committee at the time of the 2010 parliamentary elections. The party virtually eliminated the opposition in a vote denounced as rigged; Carnegie analysed the manipulation of the election as connected to control over institutional mechanisms relevant to succession.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

Not applicable

Gamal Mubarak embodied pro-market reforms and the promotion of businessmen within the NDP, a period associated with strong growth but also perceptions of crony capitalism, inequality and privatisations benefiting insiders.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

Not applicable

Attribution

Directly implicated