Lieutenant General Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel ( ar, عبد المنعم خليل; 1 April 1921 – 23 March 2022) was a general in the
Egyptian Army.
Khaleel was born in 1921, and graduated from the
Egyptian Military Academy
The Egyptian Military Academy ( ar, الكلية الحربية) is the oldest and most prominent military academy in Egypt. Traditionally, graduates of the Military Academy are commissioned as officers in the Egyptian Army. However, they may se ...
in 1942. He assumed command of 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 an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...
, replacing Major General
Saad Mamoun
Lieutenant General Mohammed Saad Eddin Mamoun, usually known in English as Saad Mamoun (14 May 1922 – 28 October 2000), was an Egyptian war hero and was the commander of the Egyptian Second Army during the Yom Kippur War. He was commissioned i ...
. He later apparently commanded the
Central Military Region. He
turned 100 in April 2021, and died on March 23, 2022, nine days before his 101st birthday.
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
References
External links
* http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc//awcgate/milreview/yomkippur_intel.pdf
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1921 births
2022 deaths
Egyptian centenarians
Egyptian generals
Egyptian Military Academy alumni
Egyptian people of the Yom Kippur War
Men centenarians
People from Minya Governorate