Egypt Gives Ex-Leader Hosni Mubarak Military Funeral
February 26, 2020
5:21 am
Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak, who died at the age of 91, will be accorded a military funeral in Cairo today.
Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was forced out of office by protests in 2011. He spent many of the subsequent years in jail and military hospitals before being freed in 2017.
He died on Tuesday in intensive care weeks after undergoing surgery.
Egypt’s presidency and armed forces mourned the former air force officer as a hero for his role in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The presidency …
