Shams Badran
Shams Badran | |
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Minister of War | |
In office 10 September 1966 – 10 June 1967 | |
President | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
Preceded by | Abdel Wahab Al Bishri |
Succeeded by |
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Personal details | |
Born | Giza, Kingdom of Egypt | 19 April 1929
Died | 28 November 2020 Plymouth, United Kingdom | (aged 91)
Alma mater | Military academy |
Shams Al Din Badran (
Early life and education
Badran was born on 19 April 1929.
Career and activities
Badran was the head of Egypt's military security services in the mid-1960s.
Badran was appointed minister of war on 10 September 1966, a few months before the Six-Day War in June 1967, replacing Abdel Wahab Al Bishri in the post.[1][8] Amer had supported Badran's appointment.[9] Badran was also named as the chief of Nasser's cabinet the same year.[10] Badran met with the Fatah members in the late 1966.[11] They asked to create a Fatah base in the Negev desert which would be backed by the Egypt's logistical help to attack the Israeli army.[11] However, Badran did not take their plan seriously.[11] On 25 May 1967, Badran visited Moscow and met senior Soviet officials, including Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin, to secure their support regarding a perceived Israeli threat.[5] Badran resigned from office on 10 June 1967, during the Six-Day War, and was replaced by Abdel Wahab Al Bishri, interim minister of war.[8][12] Amin Howeidi was named as the minister of war on 22 July 1967.[8]
Following the defeat of the Egypt in the Six-Day War Badran was considered as a successor to the President Gamal Abdel Nasser.[13]
Conviction and later years
Badran along with other senior officials, including Amer, was detained on 25 August 1967 on charges of plotting against Nasser.[14][15] However, they were tried for their roles during the six day war in 1967, including for Badran charges of torturing members of the Muslim Brotherhood.[16][17] Badran appeared in court in two separate trials.[16] He and Salah Nasr, former chief of intelligence and also part of Amer's faction, were convicted and sentenced to hard labour due to their roles in the defeat.[18]
Following his release from prison by president Anwar Sadat on 23 May 1974, Badran left Egypt and went to live in London.[19] Badran published part of his memoirs in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa in 2014.[17] Badran's reports included information about the personal life of Gamal Abdel Nasser which were disputed by Sami Sharaf, a Nasser era official.[20]
Personal life
Badran married his first wife, Muna Rushdie, on 7 June 1962. The couple had one daughter named Hiba; they divorced in January 1989 by a court decision, as he had been absent for three years. Rushdie worked at
On 28 November 2020, Badran died in the University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust; however, he had asked to be buried in Egypt.[17]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-85664-433-7.
- ^ a b c "رحيل شمس بدران.. آخر وزراء جمهورية ما وراء الشمس". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 1 December 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-520-05687-9.
- ^ Abdou Mubasher (7–13 June 2007). "The road to Naksa". Al Ahram Weekly. 848. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8130-1383-1.
- ^ "Your torture still shows on our bodies, Brothers tell Nasser's defense minister". Al-Masry Al-Youm. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ John Sainsbury (2 August 2013). "Army-Muslim Brotherhood feud has dire consequences for Egypt's future". The Star. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ a b c "Former Ministers of War and Defense". Ministry of Defense. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Egypt-Internal Relations". Mongabay. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-521-87717-6.
- ^ .
- ^ "Nasser picks new aide". Eugene Register Guard. Associated Press. 21 July 1967. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-230-62637-9.
- ^ "Ex-Egyptian vice president arrested". The Evening Independent. 4 September 1967. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- S2CID 144651187.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-88706-183-7.
- ^ a b c d "وفاة وزير الحربية المصري الأسبق شمس بدران في لندن". The Independent (in Arabic). 1 December 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-8018-8801-4.
- ^ a b Mustafa el Fiqi (25 September 2008). "Shams Badran". Al-Masry Al-Youm. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ David Sadler (25 January 2023). "The departure of Sami Sharaf, the treasurer of Abdel Nasser.. and the prisoner of the Sadat era". Globe Echo. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
External links
- Media related to Shams Badran at Wikimedia Commons