Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in many navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of ...

Fouad Mohamed Abou Zikry (; November 17, 1923 – January 26, 1983) was an Egyptian naval officer and the Commander-in-Chief of the

Egyptian Navy The Egyptian Navy (), also known as the Egyptian Naval Forces, is the maritime branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is the largest navy in the Middle East as well as Africa, and is the twelfth largest (by the number of vessels) navy in the w ...

during the

Six-Day War The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states, primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan from 5 to 10June ...

War of Attrition The War of Attrition (; ) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from 1967 to 1970. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, no serious diplomatic efforts were made to resolve t ...

and

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states led by Egypt and S ...

. He was also Vice Defense Minister from 12 February 1972 to October 29, 1973, and later served as an Advisor of Naval Affairs to the Egyptian president

Anwar Al Sadat Muhammad Anwar es-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 Oc ...

. He remains the only Egyptian Navy officer to have held the ranks of both

and

Field Marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army (in countries without the rank of Generalissimo), and as such, few persons a ...

in the history of the

Egyptian Armed Forces The Egyptian Armed Forces () are the military forces of the Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces directs (a) Egyptian Army forces, (b) the Egyptian Navy, (c) Egyptian Air Force and (d) Egyptian Air Defense Forces. ...

Cultural depictions

* Abu Zikry was portrayed by Egyptian actor

Salah Zulfikar Salah El-Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (, ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a Egyptian National Police, police officer, before becoming an actor in 1956. He is regarded as one o ...

in the 1994

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

Road To Eilat Road to Eilat (, translit: ''Al-Tareek Ela Eilat or El Tareeq Ela Eilat'' aliases: ''The Road to Eilat'') is a 1994 Egyptian war film directed by Inaam Mohammed Ali and features Salah Zulfikar in a special appearance as Rear Admiral Mahmoud Fahmy ...

(Al-Tareek Ela Eilat'').

Gallery

Image:Naval Ensign of Egypt.svg, Egyptian Navy Ensign and Jack Image:Abu zikry1.jpg, Admiral Fouad M. Abou Zikry in 1969. Image:Abu zikry family.jpg, Family Photo on 14 Feb 1971. Image:Abu zikry student.jpg, Upon graduation in 1944. Image:Abu zikry victoria.jpg, Admiral Fouad Abou Zikry in Victoria College (middle), Alexandria Egypt, circa 1933. Image:Abu zikry riding.jpg, Riding on horseback 1962.

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1923 births 1983 deaths Egyptian people of the Yom Kippur War 20th-century Egyptian military personnel Egyptian Navy admirals {{Egypt-mil-bio-stub