His name only became known in later years, breaking the tradition of keeping the name of the Egyptian head of Intelligence a secret known only to senior government officials | Early life and education [ ] Suleiman was born in in |
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Human Rights Watch further wrote that "Egyptians, particularly those of us calling for an end to Mubarak's three-decade rule, see Suleiman as Mubarak II, especially after the lengthy interview he gave to Egyptian state television on 3 February 2011 in which he accused the demonstrators in Tahrir Square of implementing foreign agendas | Suleiman was accused of complicity in the torture of suspects in Egypt, particularly the case of , who was captured and handed over to Suleiman |
Suleiman became deputy head of military intelligence in 1986, and its director in 1991.
" CIA "rendition" program [ ] Suleiman was directly implicated in the controversial | ', Jane Mayer, , 29 January 2011• diplomatic cable that used an alternative of his name, which also described Suleiman as Mubarak's on foreign policy |
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" Suleiman did not elaborate as to how Egypt would stop the Palestinian elections from taking place | A fluent English speaker, Suleiman was transferred to military intelligence, where he worked on |
" In response to the appointment of Omar Suleiman as the new Vice President of Egypt, stated that it was a "hopeless, desperate attempt by Mubarak to stay in power, I think it is loud and clear | |
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A leading figure in Egypt's intelligence system beginning in 1986, Suleiman was appointed to the long-vacant by President on 29 January 2011 | Commentary on disrupting Palestinian elections [ ] Suleiman promised Israel in 2005 that he would prevent from gaining control over Gaza in the , according to a US diplomatic cable |
, Laura Rozen, , 21 March 2009• Amos Gilad, head of the Israeli Defense Ministry's Diplomatic-Security Bureau, and Suleiman discussed their common fear of Hamas winning the Palestinian elections set for January 2006.
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