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| Egypt Values Mubarak Family Fortune at $1.2 Billion |
| 2013-06-21 |
| [An Nahar] Authorities in Egypt have valued the wealth of former dictator Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , his wife and their two sons at nine billion Egyptian pounds ($1.2 billion, 900 million euros), the state prosecutor said Thursday. It is the first time that an official source has given a figure for the Mubaraks' wealth, the subject of speculation since a popular uprising in February 2011 toppled the regime. "Reports from the Administrative Surveillance Authority, the Illicit Gains Authority and the Central Accounts Authority (three bodies responsible for monitoring public institutions) proved" the family had nine billion Egyptian pounds, said Mahmud al-Hefnawy, a representative of the state prosecutor. The personal wealth of the wives of Alaa and Gamal Mubara, Heidi Rassekh and Khadiga al-Gamal, was also included in the figure. The sum is made up of the "value of their assets in cash and in shares in companies in Egypt", Hefnawy said in comments published by the official MENA news agency. Cash represents three billion Egyptian pounds of the total and shares five billion Egyptian pounds. The family's property also accounts for one billion Egyptian pounds of the total, Hefnawy said, without giving further details, particularly on property overseas. |
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