Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (1935-2021). Kagan McLeod for The National
(FILE) - Egyptian Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt, 31 January 2012 (reissued 21 September 2021). Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, long-serving minister of defense during the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak died in Cairo on 21 September 2021 at the age of 85. Tantawi was also the former head of the military council that ruled the country in 2011 after the ousting of Mubarak EPA / AMEL PAIN *** Local Caption *** 50483163
Egypt's military ruler, Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (L), pictured in 2011 at the funeral of Khaled Abdel Nasser, the son of late president Gamal Abdel Nasser. AP
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi attends an iftar in Rafah, northern Sinai, in 2012. He led the junta that ruled Egypt after the fall of Hosni Mubarak. AFP
A supporter of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik holds a poster of Mohammed Hussein Tantawi at a Cairo rally in 2012. Reuters
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (C) attends the funeral of Egypt's former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman in Cairo on July 21, 2012. Reuters
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi at a meeting with Egypt's then-president, Mohammed Morsi, at the presidential palace in Cairo on July 31, 2012. Reuters
Field Marshal Tantawi announcing in a televised speech in Cairo on January 24, 2012, the lifting of a decades-old state of emergency. AFP
Field Marshal Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council, in Cairo on September 13, 2011. AFP
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi talks to anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president at the time. AFP
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (1935-2021). Kagan McLeod for The National
(FILE) - Egyptian Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt, 31 January 2012 (reissued 21 September 2021). Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, long-serving minister of defense during the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak died in Cairo on 21 September 2021 at the age of 85. Tantawi was also the former head of the military council that ruled the country in 2011 after the ousting of Mubarak EPA / AMEL PAIN *** Local Caption *** 50483163
Egypt's military ruler, Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (L), pictured in 2011 at the funeral of Khaled Abdel Nasser, the son of late president Gamal Abdel Nasser. AP
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi attends an iftar in Rafah, northern Sinai, in 2012. He led the junta that ruled Egypt after the fall of Hosni Mubarak. AFP
A supporter of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik holds a poster of Mohammed Hussein Tantawi at a Cairo rally in 2012. Reuters
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (C) attends the funeral of Egypt's former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman in Cairo on July 21, 2012. Reuters
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi at a meeting with Egypt's then-president, Mohammed Morsi, at the presidential palace in Cairo on July 31, 2012. Reuters
Field Marshal Tantawi announcing in a televised speech in Cairo on January 24, 2012, the lifting of a decades-old state of emergency. AFP
Field Marshal Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council, in Cairo on September 13, 2011. AFP
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi talks to anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president at the time. AFP
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (1935-2021). Kagan McLeod for The National
