Kamal Hasan Ali

Kamal Hasan Ali became Prime Minister under President Sadat (left)

Kamal Hasan Ali , also Kamal Hassan Aly ( Arabic كمال حسن علي) (Born September 18, 1921 in Cairo ; † March 27, 1993 ) was an Egyptian general , politician and prime minister .

Life

Military career

Ali embarked on a military career and took part in the Palestine War as early as 1948 and became a war hero of Egypt during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973.

In 1975 he was first appointed head of the secret service . In this position he already supported President Anwar al-Sadat in his peace talks with Israel from 1977 to 1979. In particular, he was sent to Jerusalem by President Sadat in 1977 as a negotiator .

Political career

From 1978 he became Minister for Defense and Arms Production in Mustafa Chalil's cabinet . He held this office until 1980. He was then Foreign Minister from 1980 to 1985 .

On July 17, 1984, he was appointed Prime Minister to succeed Fuad Mohieddin . As such, he was in office until his replacement by Ali Lutfi on September 4, 1985.

After retiring from the government in 1986, he was Chairman of the Board ( Chairman ) of the Egyptian Gulf Bank ( Egyptian Gulf Bank ).

Web links

• Biography in rulers.org
• "Imagine: A Lofty Summit," Time magazine article dated October 23, 1978
• "Joint statement following the visit of Egyptian Defense Minister Ali, July 31, 1979." Israeli Foreign Ministry on Ali's visit to Israel
• "The Time Is Now - If Ever" , article in Time magazine January 25, 1982
• “Kamal Hassan Ali, 72.” Obituary in the New York Times, March 28, 1993