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Ahmad Ismail Ali أحمد إسماعيل علي
Minister of Defence of Egypt
In office 1972–1974
President
Anwar El-Sadat
Preceded by
Mohammed Ahmed Sadek
Succeeded by
Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate
In office 1971–1972
President
Muhammad Naguib, Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by
Ahmad Kamel
Succeeded by
Karim El-Leithy
Personal details
Born
(1917-10-14)14 October 1917 Cairo, Egypt
Died
25 December 1974(1974-12-25) (aged 57) London, United Kingdom
Military service
Allegiance
Kingdom of Egypt United Arab Republic Egypt
Branch/service
Egyptian Army
Years of service
1938–1974
Rank
Field Marshal
Unit
16th Infantry
Commands
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Battles/wars
Second World War
North African campaign
Western Desert campaign
1948 Arab–Israeli War
Suez Crisis
Six-Day War
Yom Kippur War
Field Marshal Ahmad Ismail Ali (Arabic: أحمد إسماعيل علي) (14 October 1917 – 25 December 1974)[1] was an Egyptian senior military officer who was Egypt's minister of war during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. He is best known for his planning of the attack across the Suez Canal, code-named Operation Badr.
He graduated from the Military Academy in 1938 and was 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, he joined the infantry and served in the Second World War and fought in the First Arab-Israeli War, the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Six-Day War. In 1969, he became the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces and then was dismissed by Nasser because of the famous Zafarana incident. Then under President Sadat returned him to the service as head of the General Intelligence, then he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General and became Minister of War in 1972.
^"Ahmed Ismail, Egyptian Leader In October War, Is Dead at 57". The New York Times. UPI. 26 December 1974. Page 40, columns 4-5. Retrieved 5 April 2024. CAIRO, Dec. 25 (UPI)—Field Marshal Ahmed Ismail, Egypt's Minister of War and Commander in Chief of the armed forces in the October, 1973, war, died today in London at the age of 57, the Government announced.
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