Kamal Hassan Ali

Not to be confused with the actor Kamal Haasan.

Kamal Hassan Ali
Kamal Hassan Ali

Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 17 July 1984 – 4 September 1985
President	Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by	Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin
Succeeded by	Ali Mahmoud Lutfi
Minister of Defence of Egypt
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
Religion	Islam
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Service/branch	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	1948 Arab–Israeli War Suez Crisis North Yemen Civil War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War

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

Biography

Jimmy Carter, Moshe Dayan and Kamal Hassan Ali at Blair House, 1978.

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

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Adel Darwish (30 March 1993). "Obituary: Lt-Gen Kamal Hassan Ali". The Independent. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
1 2 3 "Kamal Hassan Ali, 72; Was Premier of Egypt". The New York Times. 28 March 1993. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

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Political offices
Preceded by Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin	Prime Minister of Egypt 17 July 1984 – 4 September 1985	Succeeded by Ali Mahmoud Lutfi
Political offices
Preceded by Mustafa Khalil	Foreign Minister of Egypt 1980–1984	Succeeded by Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid

Prime Ministers of Egypt (List)

Khedivate (1878–1914)	Nubar Isma'il¹ Tewfik Sharif Tewfik¹ Riyad Sharif el-Baroudi Raghib² Sharif Nubar Riyad Fahmi Fahri Riyad Nubar Fahmi Ghali Said Rushdi

Sultanate (1914–1922)	Rushdi Said Wahba Nasim Yakan

Kingdom (1922–1953)	Sarwat Nasim Y. Ibrahim Zaghlul Ziwar Yakan Sarwat Nahhas Mahmoud Yakan Nahhas I. Sedki A. Yahya Nasim Mahir Nahhas Mahmoud Ali Mahir H. Sabry Sirri Nahhas Ahmad Mahir Nukrashi I. Sedki Nukrashi Hadi Sirri Nahhas Ali Mahir Hilali Sirri Hilali Ali Mahir Naguib³

Republic (1953–present)	Naguib³ Nasser³ Naguib³ Nasser^3,⁴ A. Sabri⁴ Z. Mohieddin⁴ Sulayman⁴ Nasser⁴ Fawzi⁴ A. Sedki Sadat Hegazi Salem Khalil Sadat Mubarak A. F. Mohieddin Ali Lutfi A. M. N. Sedki Ganzouri Ebeid Nazif Shafik Sharaf Ganzouri Qandil Beblawi¹ Mahlab Ismail

Notes ^1 interim ^2 Orabi ^3 headed a government in rebellion, July–September 1882, beginning during Raghib's term ^4 UAR period

Ministers of Defence of Egypt

Refki Sabry Chirine Naguib Boghdadi Shafei Amer Beshry Badran Howeidi Fawzi Sadek A. I. Ali Gamasy K. H. Ali Badawi Ghazala Taleb Tantawi Sisi Sobhi

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 93797188 LCCN: n91069511 ISNI: 0000 0000 8401 344X BNF: cb14468815t (data)

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