Hassan Ibrahim

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Hassan Ibrahim
Egyptian Air Academy
OccupationMilitary officer
Years active1940–1980s

Hassan Ibrahim (1917 – 1990) was an

Free Officers movement
.

Early life and education

Ibrahim was born in

Egyptian Air Academy in 1927.[2][3]

Free Officers Movement

Ibrahim was among five military officers who formed the first cell of the Free Officers movement in July or September 1949.

1952 Revolution.[6] Then Ibrahim became a member of the 14-member Revolution Command Council that was charged with the running of Egypt following the success of the revolution.[1]

Career

Ibrahim participated in the

Palestinian war in 1948.[2] In 1952 he served as an Air Force group captain.[1] In 1954 he led the group who expelled President Mohamed Naguib from Abdeen Palace.[1] He was one of the three judges, who tried the members of the Muslim Brotherhood after their attempted assassination attack against President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1954.[7] The other judges were Anwar Sadat and Abdel Latif Boghdadi.[7]

Ibrahim was also appointed minister for presidential affairs in 1954.[3] Two years later, in 1956, he was named the head of the Egyptian economy agency.[3] After dealing with business for a while, in February 1964, he was appointed as one of seven vice deputies of President Nasser.[3] Ibrahim joined the Arab Socialist Union in 1962 when the party was established and was one of the sub-secretaries for its finance and commerce department.[8] The other sub-secretary of the department was Abdul Munim Qaysuni, an economist.[8] Ibrahim's tenure as vice deputy ended in 1966 when Nasser asked him to end his extramarital relationship, and Ibrahim continued business activities.[3]

Later years and death

In 1975, Ibrahim gave a series of interviews to Egyptian author Sami Gohar which were published as a book titled The Silents Speak: Abdelnasser and the Massacre of the Muslim Brotherhood.[2] In the book Ibrahim harshly criticized Gamal Abdel Nasser.[2] He died in 1990.[1]

Honour

Foreign honour

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "All the revolution's men". Al Ahram Weekly. 595. 18–25 July 2002. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e Zeinab El-Gundy; Karim Abdel Kodos (23 July 2015). "Meet the Free Officers of Egypt's Revolutionary Command Council". Ahram Online. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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  6. ^ "The Revolution and the Early Years of the New Government: 1952-56". Country Studies. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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  9. ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2016.

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