Muhammad Nagib
Muhammad Nagib (also Mohamed Naguib , Arabic محمد نجيب Muhammad Najib , DMG Muḥammad Nağīb ; * February 20, 1901 in Khartoum , Sudan ; † August 28, 1984 in Cairo ) was an Egyptian major general, politician and first President of Egypt .
Life
Nagib attended the military academy in Cairo. He soon rose to major general and took part in the Palestine War against Israel . On July 23, 1952, he overthrew King Faruq in a military coup with Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Free Officers . Nagib became commander in chief of the armed forces of Egypt and on September 9, 1952 Prime Minister. He initiated land reform in Egypt and a ban on the parties (especially the Wafd party , as the representative of the previous leadership).
On June 18, 1953, Nagib proclaimed the Republic of Egypt and was named the first President of Egypt. Nasser became Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and Deputy Prime Minister. On February 24, 1954, Nagib was forced to resign by Nasser when he tried to return to a parliamentary system of government against his will . After a popular uprising, Muhammad Nagib returned to the office of President on March 8, 1954, but was unable to retain any powers. A little later, Nasser took an attack carried out on him by Islamist terrorists as an opportunity to accuse Nagib of complicity and to depose him. Nagib had to finally resign on November 14, 1954 and was placed under house arrest for alleged complicity in the Nasser assassination attempt. It was not until 1971, after Nasser's death, that the house arrest was lifted by President Anwar as-Sadat and Nagib was fully rehabilitated.
Muhammad Nagib died in Cairo on August 28, 1984. He was buried with military honors in the presence of Head of State Husni Mubarak . A station on the Cairo Metro is named after him.
Web links
- Literature by and about Muhammad Nagib in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nevine Khalil: The forgotten president ( Memento from March 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English; Al-Ahram Weekly, Cairo)
Muhammad Nagib (1953–1954) | Gamal Abdel Nasser (1954–1970) | Anwar as-Sadat (1970–1981) | Sufi Abu Taleb (interim; 1981) | Husni Mubarak (1981-2011) | Mohammed Mursi (2012–2013) | Adli Mansur (interim; 2013–2014) | Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi (2014–)
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| SURNAME | Nagib, Muhammad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nagib, Ali Muhammad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian major general and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Khartoum , Sudan |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1984 |
| Place of death | Cairo |