General Kamal Hassan Ali (; 18 September 1921 – 27 March 1993) was an Egyptian politician and military hero.
Biography
![Jimmy Carter hosts a luncheon at Blair House for Israeli and Egyptian negotiator Moshe Dayan and Hassan Ali](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Jimmy_Carter_hosts_a_luncheon_at_Blair_House_for_Israeli_and_Egyptian_negotiator_Moshe_Dayan_and_Hassan_Ali._-_NARA_-_181937.jpg)
Aly was born in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
on 18 September 1921.
He attended medical school, but did not finish it and joined military academy.
[ 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
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
He was involved in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...
and as Engineer-in-Chief 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 ...
. Between 1973 and 1975, he was commander of the Central Military Zone. He was head of the Egyptian Intelligence Service from 1975 to 1978.[ After that, he served as minister of defense and military production under ]president
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Anwar 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 ...
. Aly also played a role in peace negotiations between Egypt and Israel, resulting in a treaty
A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can include international organizations
An international organization or international o ...
in 1979. From 1980 to 1984, he was the deputy prime minister and foreign secretary.[
He was the ]Prime Minister of Egypt
The prime minister of Egypt () is the head of the Egyptian government. A direct translation of the Arabic-language title is "Minister-President of Egypt" and "President of the Government". The Arabic title can also be translated as "President of ...
from 17 July 1984 to 4 September 1985.[ Then he became the chairman of the Egyptian-Gulf Bank in 1986.][ He was head of the ]Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate
The General Intelligence Service ( ar, جهاز المخابرات العامة ; GIS), often referred to as the Mukhabarat ( ar, المخابرات ) is an Egyptian intelligence agency responsible for providing national security intelligence, b ...
from 1986 to 1989.[
Kamal Hassan Aly was married to Amal Khairy and had three children.][ He died in Cairo on 27 March 1993 at the age of 71 and was buried with a military funeral.][
]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aly, Kamal Hassan
1921 births
1993 deaths
20th-century prime ministers of Egypt
Prime Ministers of Egypt
Defence Ministers of Egypt
Foreign ministers of Egypt
Politicians from Cairo
National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians
Directors of the General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt)
British Army personnel of World War II