Former Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak passed away earlier today Tuesday at the age of 91, after a long battle with the disease, according to state-owned TV.
Sources close to the family of former Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak revealed that his funeral will be conducted tomorrow, Wednesday at Al-Moshir Tantawy mosque.
Two days ago, Alaa Mubarak, the eldest son of Egypt’s former president tweeted that his father is in intensive care after suffering critical health problems, wishing a speedy recovery for him.
On January 24th, he said that the former president has undergone a critical surgery, pointing out that his health condition was stable.
It is worth mentioning that, Mubarak was born on May 4th, 1928 and he stayed in power for three decades ended by the popular uprising of January 25th, 2011.
Many Egyptians regarded the former president as a war hero for serving as a commander of the Egyptian Air Force during the October 6 War in 1973.
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