Former Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak is dead. He has been at the top longer than any other Egyptian president.
- Hosni Mubarak, the former rulers of Egypt, has died.
- After 30 years in power, he was overthrown in the wake of the Arab Spring .
- Hosni Mubarak was 91 years old and has been at the top longer than any other President of Egypt.
Egypt's ex-dictator Hosni Mubarak is dead. He died at the age of 91, according to Egyptian state television. Mubarak headed the most populous country in the Arab world for almost 30 years. Then, in the wake of the Arab uprisings, day-long mass protests broke out in the country - and especially in Tahrir Square in the capital, Cairo. "El Rais" - the President - resigned on February 11, 2011.
Egypt: Former ruler Mubarak is dead
Mubarak had spent most of his last years in a military hospital in Cairo. There were several lawsuits against him, in which he was partially sentenced to prison terms. In 2012, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for fatal violence against demonstrators. In March 2017, the Egyptian Supreme Court cleared the ex-head of state of complicity in the complicity in the deaths of more than 800 protesters during the uprisings, and released him.
Egypt's former ruler #Mubarak died at the age of 91. He had ruled the country hard for almost 30 years before the mass protests of the Arab Spring forced him to resign in 2011.
- MDR NEWS (@MDRAktuell) February 25, 2020Mubarak crackdown on Islamist extremists in Egypt. Authoritarian methods, particularly in quarters of the Egyptian lower class, arrested and locked many alleged radicals. As a result, the Muslim Brotherhood continued to gain influence.
Egypt: Mubarak was at the top for a long time
Egypt has hardly come to rest since then. Islamist and Muslim brother Mohammed Mursi, elected in 2012, was overthrown by the military after mass protests in 2013. Since 2014, the authoritarian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ruled the country, which is in a severe economic crisis. Repressions against opposition figures and the media are perceived as tougher than under Mubarak. The Muslim Brotherhood are banned and persecuted as terrorists.
Marvin Ziegele with dpa
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