Salah Nasr (, ) (8 October 1920 – 5 March 1982) served as head of the

Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate The General Intelligence Service ( ar, جهاز المخابرات العامة ; GIS), often referred to as the Mukhabarat ( ar, المخابرات ) is an Egyptian intelligence agency responsible for providing national security intelligence, b ...

from 1957 to 1967. He retired citing health reasons following Egypt's defeat in the 1967

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 Ju ...

. He was succeeded by Amin Howeidi in the post. Nasr was subsequently imprisoned until being granted release by

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...

in February 1974. In 1976, Nasr was again imprisoned after being accused by journalist Mustapha Amin of torture after an arrest 11 years prior.

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* 1920 births 1982 deaths Directors of the General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt) Egyptian spies Egyptian prisoners and detainees {{Egypt-bio-stub