General Kamal Hassan Ali (; 18 September 1921 – 27 March 1993) was an Egyptian politician and military hero.

Biography

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Aly was born in

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on 18 September 1921. He attended medical school, but did not finish it and joined military academy. He was commissioned as a combat engineering officer in 1942, and served as a sapper and pioneer commander with the British Army during

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. He was involved in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and as Engineer-in-Chief the

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. Between 1973 and 1975, he was commander of the Central Military Zone. He was head of the Egyptian Intelligence Service from 1975 to 1978. After that, he served as minister of defense and military production under

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. Aly also played a role in peace negotiations between Egypt and Israel, resulting in a

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in 1979. From 1980 to 1984, he was the deputy prime minister and foreign secretary. He was the

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from 17 July 1984 to 4 September 1985. Then he became the chairman of the Egyptian-Gulf Bank in 1986. He was head of the

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from 1986 to 1989. Kamal Hassan Aly was married to Amal Khairy and had three children. He died in Cairo on 27 March 1993 at the age of 71 and was buried with a military funeral.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aly, Kamal Hassan 1921 births 1993 deaths 20th-century prime ministers of Egypt Prime Ministers of Egypt Defence Ministers of Egypt Foreign ministers of Egypt Politicians from Cairo National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians Directors of the General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt) British Army personnel of World War II