Mubarak and Qaddafi, along with Tunisia’s Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, are among the world’s oldest and longest-serving heads of state. All four face the ticklish problem of succession, and speculation has been mounting for some time of possible attempts to keep power in the family.
这并不是什么孤立事件。穆巴拉克和卡扎菲，还有突尼斯的 宰因·阿比丁·本阿里和阿尔及利亚的 阿卜杜拉齐兹·布特弗利卡，都是世界上年龄最大、执政时间最长的国家领导人。他们四位都面临着棘手的继承问题，一段时间以来，有关他们要将权力留在家族内部的猜测越来普遍。