Former President Hosni Mubarak has died hours ago at age 91. Mubarak stepped down after 18 days of demonstrations during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. On 11 February 2011, former Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak and himself had resigned as president and vice president respectively and transferred authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force. He served as its commander from 1972 to 1975 and rose to the rank of air chief marshal in 1973. Some time in the 1950s, he returned to the Air Force Academy as an instructor, remaining there until early 1959. He assumed presidency after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
Mubarak's presidency lasted almost thirty years, making him Egypt's longest-serving ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha, who ruled the country from 1805 to 1848, a reign of 43 years.
Mubarak made no media appearances after his resignation. Except for his family and a close circle of aides, he reportedly refused to talk to anyone—even his supporters. His health was speculated to be rapidly deteriorating; some reports said he was in a coma. Most sources said he was no longer interested in performing any duties and wanted to "die in Sharm El-Sheikh".
Egypt’s presidency has declared a three-day mourning period in Egypt for the death of the former president Hosni Mubarak, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91, after a long battle with the disease.
This will come into effect starting tomorrow, Wednesday, (February 26).
A military funeral will be held for the former president tomorrow, Wednesday after Dhuhr prayer at El-Mosheer Tantawy Mosque, in the fifth settlement (El Tagamoa El Khames).
As Egyptians remember their late military hero Mubarak, here are some rare photos for the former leader who stepped down in 2011.
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