Former Egyptian President Mubarak hospitalized

April 12, 2011(CNN)

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was admitted to a hospital Tuesday, according to a spokesman for the Egyptian military.

 

Mubarak (pictured in 2008) had back surgery in Germany in 2004 and returned there in

2010 to have his gall bladder removed.



The former leader was hospitalized at Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital, state media reported.

Mubarak had back surgery in Germany in 2004, and returned there in 2010 to have his gall bladder removed. He had largely withdrawn from public view in recent years, until this year's uprising prompted him to make televised speeches.

Mubarak stepped down February 11 and handed over power to the military, his nearly three decades of iron rule ended by a groundswell of popular protests that began January 25.