(Files) A file photo taken on November 24, 1982 shows Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is pictured in Cairo. AFP / PHILIPPE BOUCHON
CAIRO: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91 after undergoing treatment in an in-tensive care unit following surgery, state television said on Tuesday.
Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was ousted following mass protests in 2011.
He was arrested in April 2011, two months after stepping down, and was in prison and military hospitals until 2017, when he was freed after being cleared of charges of ordering the killing of protesters.
Mubarak had been sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for conspiring to murder 239 demonstrators during the 18-day revolt. An appeals court ordered a retrial and the case against Mubarak and his senior officials was dropped. He was finally acquitted in 2017.
He was however convicted in 2015 along with his two sons of diverting public funds and using the money to up-grade family properties. They were sentenced to three years in jail.
