Abdul Munim Khaleel (; 1 April 1921 – 23 March 2022) was an Egyptian
lieutenant general
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
who commanded the
Egyptian 2nd Army during the
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states led by Egypt and S ...
.
Khaleel was born in 1921, and graduated from the
Egyptian Military Academy in 1942. He assumed command of the Egyptian
2nd Army during the Yom Kippur War, replacing Major General
Saad Mamoun. He later apparently commanded the
Central Military Region. He became a
centenarian
A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100. Because life expectancies at birth worldwide are well below 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. The United Nations estimated that there were 316,600 living centenarian ...
in April 2021 when he turned a 100, and died on March 23, 2022, at age 100.
وفاة الفريق عبد المنعم خليل قائد الجيش الثاني الميداني بحرب أكتوبر 1973
Military career
* He graduated from the Military College in May 1942
* Participated in the 1948 Palestine War, the 1956 Triple Aggression, the Yemen War 1962–1967, the 1967 War, the War of Attrition, the October 1973 War.
* Chief of Staff, Fourth Brigade, infantry
* Head of operations for Arab forces in Yemen
* Commander of the Egyptian Parachute Corps 1967
* Chief of Staff, Second Infantry Division
* Commander of the 3rd Infantry Division after the 1967 war
* Chief of Staff of the Second Army
* Commander of the Second Field Army until 1972
* Head of the Armed Forces Training Authority
* Commander of the military central region during the October war until October 16
* The commander of the second army on October 16, 1973, the period of the breach
* Assistant Minister of War and Commander of Popular and Military Defense
* Assistant Minister of War and Chairman of the Armed Forces Training Authority
See also
* Abdel Moneim Saeed
References
External links
au.af.mil
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1921 births
2022 deaths
Egyptian men centenarians
Egyptian generals
Egyptian Military Academy alumni
Egyptian people of the Yom Kippur War
20th-century Egyptian military personnel
People from Minya Governorate