Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s ousted former President, has died at the age of 91, state television said on Tuesday, weeks after undergoing surgery.
Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was ousted following a mass protests against his rule in 2011.
The protest called the Arab spring, forced him to resign on February 11, 2011, after 18 days of protests, when the Egyptian public poured into the streets by the millions, stripping authority from a man who had been likened to a modern-day pharaoh..
After his ouster, he was investigated, tried and found guilty by the lower court, of complicity in the killing of protesters during the Arab spring revolution.
That conviction was however overturned by an appeals court which ordered a retrial, and he was ultimately exonerated. He also skirted several corruption accusations.
His death was confirmed by Egyptian state news on Tuesday. State TV said he died at a hospital after undergoing surgery there, but gave no other details.
Earlier in the day, the Al-Watan website also reported that the former Egyptian leader died at a military hospital.