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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/10/AR2006031000164.html
Mubarak's Son Climbs Party Ranks as Country's Leaders Undercut His Rivals
(Washington Post) Daniel Williams - The son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and a group of close associates have moved into key political positions. Last month, Gamal Mubarak was named one of three deputy secretaries general of the governing National Democratic Party, whose grass-roots organization underpins his father's rule, and 20 of his associates took other high-ranking posts in the party. Mubarak had served as head of the party's policies committee, which helped fashion economic reforms. Political observers saw in the move a shift toward putting the NDP at the service of the president's son.