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Hosni Mubarak: Former Egyptian President dies aged 91 | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 and was photographed with his grandson as he recovered. | |
On Saturday, however, Mubarak's son Alaa said that the former president remained in intensive care. | |
Who was Mubarak? | |
Born in 1928, Mubarak entered the air force as a teenager and went on to play a key role in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. | |
He became president less than a decade later, following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, and 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 office, 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. | 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. |
Just over a year after Mubarak's overthrow Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist politician, won Egypt's first democratic presidential election. | |
Morsi himself was ousted by the military in 2013 and died in 2019 while still in prison. | |
Mubarak, meanwhile, was initially sentenced to life imprisonment over the deaths of some of the 900 protesters who were killed by security forces during the 2011 uprising. | |
These charges were later overturned and Mubarak was released in 2017. |