Mohamed Naguib

Mohamed Naguib
محمد نجيب
Official portrait, c. 1954
1st President of Egypt
In office
18 June 1953 – 14 November 1954
Prime MinisterHimself
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byPosition established
(Fuad II as King of Egypt)
Succeeded byGamal Abdel Nasser
30th Prime Minister of Egypt
In office
8 March 1954 – 18 April 1954
PresidentHimself
Preceded byGamal Abdel Nasser
Succeeded byGamal Abdel Nasser
In office
7 September 1952 – 25 February 1954
MonarchFuad II (until 18 June 1953)
PresidentHimself (from 18 June 1953)
Preceded byAli Maher
Succeeded byGamal Abdel Nasser
Minister of War and Navy
In office
7 September 1952 – 18 June 1953
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byAli Maher
Succeeded byAbdel Latif Boghdadi
Personal details
Born(1901-02-19)19 February 1901
Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Died28 August 1984(1984-08-28) (aged 83)
Cairo, Egypt
Cause of deathLiver cirrhosis
Political partyMilitary/Liberation Rally
Spouse
(m. 1934; died 1971)
AwardsOrder of the Nile
Order of the Republic
Signature
Military service
AllegianceEgypt Sultanate of Egypt
Egypt Kingdom of Egypt
Egypt Republic of Egypt
Branch/serviceEgypt Egyptian Army
Years of service1918–1954[1]
Rank Major General
UnitInfantry
Battles/wars

Major General Mohamed Bey Naguib Youssef Qutb El-Qashlan (Arabic: محمد بي نجيب يوسف قطب القشلان; 19 February 1901 – 28 August 1984), known simply as Mohamed Naguib (محمد نجيب, Egyptian Arabic: [mæˈħæmmæd næˈɡiːb]), was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who, along with Gamal Abdel Nasser, was one of the two principal leaders of the Free Officers movement of 1952 that toppled the monarchy of Egypt and the Sudan, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Egypt.[2][3][4]

A distinguished and decorated general who was wounded in action in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, he became the leader of the Free Officers Movement of nationalist army officers opposed to the continued presence of British troops in Egypt and Sudan, and the corruption and incompetence of King Farouk. Following the toppling of Farouk in July 1952, Naguib went on to serve as the head of the Revolutionary Command Council, the prime minister of Egypt, and later its first president, successfully negotiating the independence of Sudan (hitherto a condominium of Egypt and the United Kingdom), and the withdrawal of all British military personnel from Egypt. His tenure as president came to end in November 1954 due to disagreements with other members of the Free Officers, particularly Nasser, who forced him to resign and succeeded him as president.[2][5]

  1. ^ "ذاكرة مصر المعاصرة – السيرة الذاتية". Modern Egypt. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b Chin, John J.; Wright, Joseph; Carter, David B. (2022). Historical Dictionary of Modern Coups D'état. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 790. ISBN 978-1-5381-2068-2.
  3. ^ Fowler, Glenn (29 August 1984). "Mohammed Naguib, First President of Egypt, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Mohamed Naguib ( 1901–1984 )". 17 December 2015.
  5. ^ الأوراق السرية لمحمد نجيب صـــ5

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