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Abdel Hakim Amer
عبد الحكيم عامر
Vice President of Egypt
In office 7 March 1958 – 30 September 1965
President
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Zakaria Mohieddin
Minister of Defense
In office 31 August 1954 – 29 September 1962
President
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by
Hussein el-Shafei
Succeeded by
Abdel Wahab el-Beshry
Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Army
In office 18 June 1953 – 11 June 1967
President
Mohamed Naguib Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by
Mohamed Naguib
Succeeded by
Mohamed Fawzi
Personal details
Born
(1919-12-11)11 December 1919 Samalut, Sultanate of Egypt
Died
13 September 1967(1967-09-13) (aged 47) Cairo, United Arab Republic
Resting place
Samalut, Egypt
Spouse
Berlenti Abdul Hamid
Military service
Allegiance
Egypt
Branch/service
Egyptian Army
Years of service
1939–1967
Rank
Field Marshal
Commands
Chief of Staff Commander-in-Chief of the Joint Military Command of Egypt and Syria
Battles/wars
1948 Arab–Israeli War Suez Crisis North Yemen Civil War Six-Day War
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
Mohamed Abdel Hakim Amer (Egyptian Arabic: محمد عبد الحكيم عامر, IPA:[mæˈħæmmædʕæbdelħæˈkiːmˈʕæːmeɾ]; 11 December 1919 – 13 September 1967) was an Egyptian military officer and politician. Amer served in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and played a leading role in the military coup that overthrew King Farouk in 1952. After leading Egyptian forces in the 1956 Suez war, he was appointed Minister for Defense by President Gamal Abdel Nasser and was Egyptian Vice President between 1958 and 1965.
Mohamed AbdelHakimAmer (Egyptian Arabic: محمد عبد الحكيم عامر, IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd ʕæbdelħæˈkiːm ˈʕæːmeɾ]; 11 December 1919 – 13 September 1967) was an Egyptian...
"temptress". She married AbdelHakimAmer, the first vice-president of the former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Abdel Hamid died in the Armed...
on, and had little contact with his family. At the academy, he met AbdelHakimAmer and Anwar Sadat, both of whom became important aides during his presidency...
Mohamed Naguib was first introduced to the Free Officers Movement by AbdelHakimAmer during his tenure as the director of the Royal Military Academy in...
girl of Iranian origin, Tahia Kazem, through the interposition of AbdelHakimAmer, a friend of her brother, a Cairene rug merchant." He would marry her...
the Egyptian State. It was created in 2016 by Shaymaa Refaat and Amr Abdel-HakimAmer. The Union of State Supporters (USS) has over 70,000 members and most...
general headquarters and blocked roads leading to Cairo. Nasser and AbdelHakim Amr, as the higher level leaders, took a car ride to visit every unit...
Marshal Abdul HakimAmer under Gamal Abdel Nasser's presidency. Badran was one of the top aides of Amer. The Muslim Brotherhood accused him and Amer of responsibility...
main criterion for promotion. The Egyptian commander, Field Marshal AbdelHakimAmer, was a purely political appointee who owed his position to his close...
military and civilian figures of the period, including Anwar Sadat, AbdelHakimAmer, Salah Salem, Zakaria Mohieddin, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Sami Sharaf...
main criterion for promotion. The Egyptian commander, Field Marshal AbdelHakimAmer, was a purely political appointee who owed his position to his close...
each of the provinces two vice-presidents, assigning Boghdadi and AbdelHakimAmer to Egypt and Sabri al-Assali and Akram El-Hourani – a leader of the...
military career. At the academy, he met his fellow cadets, including Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, Saad el-Shazly, and Ahmad Ismail Ali. Al-Jawady reports...
Association from 1952 to 1959, he was replaced by the military officer, AbdelHakimAmer. He is also the first African member of the FIFA Executive Committee...
a colleague of both the late President Anwar Sadat and President Gamal Abdel Nasser in the Academy. After graduating with the rank of second lieutenant...
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Egyptian Army
Field Marshal