Mubarak holds first cabinet meeting since surgery

AFP

CAIRO- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will hold a cabinet meeting on Thursday, his first since returning home after surgery in Germany, his office said on Wednesday.
The 81-year-old president, who is recovering in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, will first meet Defence Minister Mohammed Hussein Tantawi. He will then meet with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and a number of other ministers.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Mubarak's last public appearance was on March 27, when he returned from Germany, where he underwent surgery three weeks earlier to remove his gall bladder and a growth on the small intestine.
The operation relaunched speculation on who would become Egypt's next president, as Mubarak has not said whether he will run in the 2011 election.
It is widely believed his younger son Gamal, 46, is being groomed to take over, though this has not been confirmed by either of them.
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