Hosni mubarak how old is he

Amid mass protests, he was ousted in a military coup led by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Gen Sisi went on to win two presidential elections. Morsi died in prison in In , Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment over the deaths of some of the protesters who were killed by security forces during the uprising a year earlier. Both he and his two sons were also convicted of corruption. But the more serious charges against Mubarak were later overturned and he was released in Mubarak: Egyptian statesman of war and peace.

Image source, Reuters. Hosni Mubarak was president of Egypt for 30 years. View this post on Instagram. He was ousted by the military after one year as president and spent his last six years in prison with restricted access to medical care, family and lawyers. He was buried without a funeral late at night with only close family members in attendance.

In contrast, Mubarak spent most of his jail time in a military hospital and walked free to spend his last days with family. Morsi was a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement that opposed Mubarak and was, in recent years, brutally crushed by Sisi. Mubarak, after all, is one of their own. In his last days as president, he gave Egyptians the choice between himself or chaos. This is exactly how Sisi describes the uprising and the ensuing upheaval.

Dissent became synonymous with chaos. So even though Sisi was part of the military council that sided with protesters to remove Mubarak from office in , this regime will continue to honor him because he is the antithesis of the uprising.

Mubarak played a key role in several rounds of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. I was impressed by his commitment; we will continue to follow this common path.

I would like to send condolences to President Sisi, to the Mubarak family and to the Egyptian people. The Egyptian Armed Forces extended condolences to the family of Mubarak after his death was confirmed on Tuesday. Mubarak graduated from military college in and rose up the ranks until he became commander of the air force during the war between Egypt and Israel. Mubarak ruled the country for 30 years before he was forced to step down on February 11, as a result of the January 25 Revolution.

Hosni Mubarak during trial - Reuters On May 24, Mubarak and his sons, Alaa and Gamal, were called to trial on charges of killing protesters and corruption charges.

On August 19, Mubarak was acquitted of one of his corruption charges and two days later the court ordered his release from prison. On Nov. The charges of killing protesters were dropped by the presiding judge, who said in his explanation of the verdict that there were no sufficient legal grounds to charge the former president.

Hosni Mubarak at hospital - Reuters Protests in Tahrir Square took place on the same day the verdict was issued, with at least two protesters killed, including a year old, and the attorney general has announced that he would appeal the acquittals. In October , Mubarak appeared in a minute video that was uploaded to a YouTube channel called "Mubarak Archives", speaking about his memories of the Arab-Israeli War.