Admiral Fouad Mohamed Abou Zikry ( ar, فؤاد محمد ابوذكري; November 17, 1923 – January 26, 1983) was a career military man, rising in the ranks of the Egyptian military, and then the ministry of defense, ending his career where he witnessed two wars as a presidential advisor. Commander-in-Chief of the
Egyptian Navy (June 1967 to September 1969 / October 1972 to November 1976) and Vice Defense Minister from 12 February 1972 to October 29, 1973. He later served as an Advisor of Naval Affairs to the President of the Republic of
Egypt
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(
Anwar Al Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
), Deputy Minister of Maritime Transport, Chairman of Federal Arab Maritime Company (FAMCO). He remains the only Egyptian Navy officer to have held the ranks of both
Admiral and
Field Marshal in the history of the
Egyptian Armed Forces
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.
Cultural depictions
* Abu Zikry was portrayed by Egyptian actor
Salah Zulfikar
Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an ac ...
in the 1994
war film
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''
Road To Eilat (Al-Tareek Ela Eilat'').
Gallery
Image:Naval Ensign of Egypt.svg, Egyptian Navy Ensign and Jack
Image:Abu zikry1.jpg, Admiral Fouad M. Abou Zikry in 1969.
Image:Abu zikry family.jpg, Family Photo on 14 Feb 1971.
Image:Abu zikry student.jpg, Upon graduation in 1944.
Image:Abu zikry victoria.jpg, Admiral Fouad Abou Zikry in Victoria College (middle), Alexandria Egypt, circa 1933.
Image:Abu zikry riding.jpg, Riding on horseback 1962.
References
External links
Australian Airforce
1923 births
1983 deaths
Egyptian people of the Yom Kippur War
20th-century Egyptian military personnel
Egyptian Navy admirals
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