Hosni Mubarak, the former ruler of Egypt, who was overthrown during the 2011 revolution, has died aged 91, SIA reports
Mubarak, who was president of Egypt for three decades between 1981 and 2011, spent some six years in a military hospital following the revolution, which began on January 25, 2011. In March 2017, he was acquitted of causing the deaths of protesters during the demonstrations against his rule. He had originally been sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge in 2012.
Mubarak stood down in a public address to the nation on February 11, 2011, after days of protests in Cairo and other cities in Egypt. His overthrow eventually led to the first democratic elections held in Egypt since independence, which brought the Muslim Brotherhood - banned and suppressed for decades under Mubarak - to power.
Mubarak, who took power in 1981 after the assassination of former president Anwar Sadat, had been increasingly frail during his trial prior to 2017, often appearing in court strapped to a hospital gurney.
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