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| Hosni Mubarak: Former Egyptian President dies aged 91 | |
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| Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91. | |
| Mubarak spent three decades in office before a popular uprising swept Egypt. | Mubarak spent three decades in office before a popular uprising swept Egypt. |
| He was found guilty of complicity in the killing of protesters during the revolution. That conviction was overturned and was freed in March 2017. | |
| His death was confirmed by Egyptian state news on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the Al-Watan website reported that he died at a military hospital. | |
| Mubarak underwent surgery in late January. His son Alaa said on Saturday that Mubarak remained in intensive care. | |
| Born in 1928, Mubarak entered the air force as a teenager and went on to play a key role in the 1973 Arab-Israel war. | |
| He became president less than a decade later, following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. | |
| He played a key role in the Israel-Palestinian peace process. | |
| But despite the billions of dollars in military aid Egypt received during his time in power, unemployment, poverty and corruption continued to grow. | |
| Discontent boiled over in January 2011, after similar protests in Tunisia led to the overthrow of the president there. Mubarak was forced to step down 18 days later. |