Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s Ousted ‘Pharaoh’ Leader, Dies at 91
- President’s 30-year rule ended with a bloody 18-day uprising
- As leader, he did little to improve life for Egypt’s poor
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Hosni Mubarak, who became Egypt’s longest-serving ruler in more than 150 years before being forced from office by a popular uprising, has died. He was 91.
Mubarak’s passing was announced Tuesday by state media, with the presidency later describing him as a hero of the nation’s 1973 war against Israel. No cause of death was given, although his family said in January he’d undergone surgery and was in intensive care in the hospital.