Kamal Hassan Ali

Kamal Hassan Ali
Kamal Hassan Ali
43rd Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 17 July 1984 – 4 September 1985
President	Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by	Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin
Succeeded by	Aly Lotfy Mahmoud
Minister of Defense
In office 5 October 1978 – 14 May 1980
Preceded by	Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
Succeeded by	Ahmed Badawi
Personal details
Born	(1921-09-18)18 September 1921 Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt
Died	27 March 1993(1993-03-27) (aged 71) Cairo, Egypt
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1942–1980
Rank	Colonel General
Unit	Corps of Engineers (6th Sapper Battalion)
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Battles/wars	World War II 1948 Arab–Israeli War Suez Crisis North Yemen Civil War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War

General Kamal Hassan Ali (Arabic: كمال حسن علي; IPA: [kæˈmæːl ˈħæsæn ˈʕæli]; 18 September 1921 – 27 March 1993) was an Egyptian politician and military hero.

Biography

Aly was born in Cairo on 18 September 1921.^[1] He attended medical school, but did not finish it and joined military academy.^[1] He was commissioned as a combat engineering officer in 1942, and served as a sapper and pioneer commander with the British Army during World War II.

He was involved in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and as Engineer-in-Chief the Yom Kippur War. Between 1973 and 1975, he was commander of the Central Military Zone. He was head of the Egyptian Intelligence Service from 1975 to 1978.^[1] After that, he served as minister of defense and military production under president Anwar Sadat.^[2] Aly also played a role in peace negotiations between Egypt and Israel, resulting in a treaty in 1979. From 1980 to 1984, he was the deputy prime minister and foreign secretary.^[1]

He was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 17 July 1984 to 4 September 1985.^[1] Then he became the chairman of the Egyptian-Gulf Bank in 1986.^[2] He was head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1986 to 1989.^[2]

Kamal Hassan Aly was married to Amal Khairy and had three children.^[1] He died in Cairo on 27 March 1993 at the age of 71 and was buried with a military funeral.^[1]

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Commanders of the Egyptian Armed Forces since the Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Ministers of Defense &
Commanders-in-Chief

• Mohamed Naguib (1952–53)
• Abdel Latif Boghdadi (1953–54)
• Abdel Hakim Amer (1954)
• Hussein el-Shafei (1954)
• Abdel Hakim Amer (1954–62)
• Abdel Wahab el-Beshry (1962–66)
• Shams Badran (1966–67)
• Abdel Wahab el-Beshry (1967)
• Amin Howeidi (1967–68)
• Mohamed Fawzi (1968–71)
• Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1971–72)
• Ahmad Ismail Ali (1972–74)
• Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1974–78)
• Kamal Hassan Ali (1978–80)
• Ahmed Badawi (1980–81)
• Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (1981–89)
• Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb (1989–91)
• Muhammad Tantawi (1991–2012)
• Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2012–14)
• Sedki Sobhy (2014–18)
• Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (2018–present)

Chiefs of Staff of
the Armed Forces

• Mohamed Ibrahim Selim (1952–59)
• Abdel Hakim Amer (1959–64)
• Mohamed Fawzi (1964–67)
• Abdul Munim Riad (1967–69)
• Ahmad Ismail Ali (1969)
• Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1969–71)
• Saad el-Shazly (1971–73)
• Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1973–74)
• Mohammed Aly Fahmy (1974–78)
• Ahmed Badawi (1978–80)
• Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (1980–81)
• Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez (1981–83)
• Ibrahim El-Orabi (1983–87)
• Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf (1987–91)
• Salah Halabi (1991–95)
• Magdy Hatata (1995–2001)
• Hamdy Wahiba (2001–05)
• Sami Hafez Anan (2005–12)
• Sedki Sobhy (2012–14)
• Mahmoud Hegazy (2014–17)
• Mohammed Farid Hegazy (2017–21)
• Osama Askar (2021–present)

Italics indicate interim officeholder