Ousted by Arab Spring, Egyptian Leader Hosni Mubarak Dies at 91

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who ruled for nearly 30 years before being forced to resign after 18-day nationwide protests during the Arab world’s 2011 pro-democracy upheaval, just died at 91. 

Mubarak served as Egypt's fourth president starting in 1981 until his removal in what became known as the Arab Spring revolution.

He was jailed for years after the uprising, but was freed in 2017 after being acquitted of most charges. The acquittal stunned many Egyptians, thousands of whom poured into central Cairo to show their anger against the court.

The Arab Spring protests convulsed regimes across the Middle East. 

State television said Mubarak died at a Cairo hospital where he had undergone an unspecified surgery. The report said he had health complications but offered no other details. 

One of his sons, Alaa, announced over the weekend the former president was in intensive care after undergoing surgery. 

His brother-in-law, General Mounir Thabet, said he passed away at Cairo's Galaa military hospital. 

Egypt's presidency said in a statement that it mourned Mubarak's death as a "military leader and war hero" and has offered its condolences to his family.

The former air force officer will be buried in a military funeral but the timing was still unclear, a military source told Reuters news agency.