Post-revolution Exile and Corruption Conviction
On 31 January 2011, as part of Hosni Mubarak's responses to the 2011 Egyptian protests, Boutros-Ghali was replaced as Minister of Finance by Samir Radwan. Then, on 4 February 2011, the IMF reported that Boutros-Ghali had resigned the Chairmanship of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC).
On 11 February 2011, just prior to Mubarak's resignation, the VIP lounge at Cairo airport opened to accommodate Boutros-Ghali and his wife before they flew to Lebanon while other ex-regime officials, including Mubarak himself, were targeted with travel bans, asset freezes, and even arrests. Boutros-Ghali was accused of corruption and an Interpol international arrest warrant was issued. On 4 June 2011, after a trial that lasted 6 minutes Ghali was found guilty in absentia, and sentenced to imprisonment for 30 years and fined 60 million Egyptian pounds for using a printer belonging to the ministry of Finance for his 2010 electoral campaign, and use of impounded cars for his personal use. Ghali's attorney denied the charges and produced evidence the cars were given to civil servants which were entitled to official cars.
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