General Mohamed Saad El Din Sherif ( arz, محمد سعد الدين شريف d. 1997) served as the commander of the Aliawran squadron during the administration of

Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-re ...

and

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 ...

, served as Senior Aviation Advisor to the President, and took over the presidency of the People's Assembly immediately after the assassination of Dr.

Rifaat el-Mahgoub Rifat (also transliterated as Rifaat, ar, رفعت, , a conjugated form of the Arabic verb رفع with the meaning "lifted", "elated", "joyous") is a masculine name. Variants also include Refat, Rafat, Refaat, etc. Notable people with the name in ...

. He served as the Chairman of the

Arab Scout Parliamentary Union The Arab Scout Region ( ar, الإقليم الكشفي العربي) also known as the Arab Scout Organization ( ar, المنظمة الكشفية العربية) is the regional support centre of the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization ...

, as well as the President of the Arab Region of the

International Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides The International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF) is a worldwide organization of adults in support of Scouting and Guiding. The International Scout and Guide Fellowship is open to former members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl ...

. In 1996, he was awarded the 254th ''

Bronze Wolf The Bronze Wolf Award is bestowed by the World Scout Committee (WSC) to acknowledge "outstanding service by an individual to the World Scout Movement". It is the highest honor that can be given a volunteer Scout leader in the world and it is the ...

'', the only distinction of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOS ...

, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. He died in 1997 and was given a formal

military funeral A military funeral is a memorial or burial rite given by a country's military for a soldier, sailor, marine or airman who died in battle, a veteran, or other prominent military figures or heads of state. A military funeral may feature guards ...

attended by senior state officials.

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* Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award Year of birth missing Scouting and Guiding in Egypt {{Egypt-bio-stub