Egypt's former military ruler Tantawi dies

Updated September 21 2021 - 7:20pm, first published 7:18pm
Hussein Tantawi, the head of a military council that ruled Egypt after a 2011 uprising, has died.
Hussein Tantawi, the head of a military council that ruled Egypt after a 2011 uprising, has died.

Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the former head of the military council that ruled Egypt temporarily after the 2011 uprising, has died at the age of 85, Egypt's presidency says.

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