Kamal Hassan Ali

Prime Minister of Egypt (1984–1985)

Not to be confused with the actor Kamal Haasan.

Kamal Hassan Ali

كمال حسن علي

Ali in 1978

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

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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]

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

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]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Adel Darwish (30 March 1993). "Obituary: Lt-Gen Kamal Hassan Ali". The Independent. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
2. ^ a b c "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

Aly Lotfy Mahmoud

Preceded by

Mustafa Khalil

|  Foreign Minister of Egypt
1980–1984  | Succeeded by

Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid

Preceded by

Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy

|  Defense Minister of Egypt
1978–1980  | Succeeded by

Ahmed Badawi

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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 Hussein Tantawy (1991–2012)
* Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2012–14)
* Sedki Sobhy (2014–18)
* Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (2018–24)
* Abdel Mageed Saqr (2024–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 (2021–24)
* Ahmed Fathy Khalifa (2024–present)

Italics indicate interim officeholder

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Prime ministers of Egypt (List)

Khedivate of Egypt
(1878–1914)|

* Nobar
* Isma'il1
* Tewfik
* Sherif
* Tewfik1
* Riaz
* Sherif
* Elbaroudi
* Raghib2
* Sherif
* Nobar
* Riaz
* Fahmi
* Fakhry
* Riaz
* Nobar
* Fahmi
* Ghaly
* Said
* Roshdy

Sultanate of Egypt
(1914–1922)|

* Roshdy
* Said
* Wahba
* Naseem
* Yakan

Kingdom of Egypt
(1922–1953)|

* Sarwat
* Naseem
* Y. Ibrahim
* Zaghloul
* Zeiwar
* Yakan
* Sarwat
* Nahas
* Mahmoud
* Yakan
* Nahas
* Sidky
* A. Yahya
* Naseem
* Aly Maher
* Nahas
* Mahmoud
* Aly Maher
* H. Sabry
* Sirri
* Nahas
* Ahmad Maher
* Nokrashy
* Sidky
* Nokrashy
* Hady
* Sirri
* Nahas
* Aly Maher
* Hilaly
* Sirri
* Hilaly
* Aly Maher
* Naguib3

Republic of Egypt
(1953–present)|

* Naguib3
* Nasser3
* Naguib3
* Nasser3,4
* A. Sabry4
* Z. Mohieddin4
* Soliman4
* Nasser4
* Fawzi4
* A. Sedky
* Sadat
* Hegazy
* Salem
* Khalil
* Sadat
* Mubarak
* A. F. Mohieddin
* Aly
* Lotfy
* A. M. N. Sedky
* Ganzouri
* Ebeid
* Nazif
* Shafik
* Sharaf
* Ganzouri
* Qandil
* Beblawi1
* Mahlab
* Ismail
* Madbouly

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

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