Where is hosni mubarak living now

Key Points. Mubarak spent six years in jail following the Arab Spring protests but was released after being cleared of most charges including inciting the killing of nearly protesters. Egypt underwent several tumultuous years after the Arab Spring revolts, with a second presidential ouster in that saw the military remove elected president and Muslim Brotherhood member Mohammed Morsi.

Morsi died in prison in Egypt's current president is former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. A combo of pictures shows Egyptian demonstrators tearing a huge portrait of President Hosni Mubarak during a protest against his rule in the northern port city of Alexandria on January 27, Egypt will bury its former president on Wednesday after a military funeral in the capital Cairo. Mubarak was jailed for years after the uprising, but was freed in 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. 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 an intensive care after undergoing surgery. It was under his rule that Egypt became more corrupt. Mubarak was born in a rural village in the Nile Delta on May 4, He left behind a complicated legacy as his rule was partly characterised by corruption, police brutality, political repression, and entrenched economic problems.

The former president had long maintained his innocence and said history would judge him a patriot who served his country selflessly. This article is more than 1 year old. Egypt pays tribute to former president, who died at 91, amid tight security in Cairo. Egyptian honour guards escort the coffin of former president Hosni Mubarak during his funeral in Cairo.

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.