Mohammed Ahmed Sadek | |
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Installed | May 1971 |
Term ended | October 1972 |
Predecessor | Mohammed Fawzi |
Successor | Ahmed Ismail Ali |
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Nationality | Egyptian |
Alma mater |
Military academy Frunze military academy (USSR) |
Mohammed Ahmed Sadek was an Egyptian colonel general who served as defense minister under the rule of then president Anwar Sadat.
Education[]
Sadek graduated from the Egypt's military academy in 1938 and from the Frunze military academy in the Soviet Union.[1]
Career[]
Sadek joined the army and took part in the Palestine war in 1948 and the Suez campaign in 1956.[1] from 1962 to 1964 he was military attaché at the Egypt's embassy in Bonn.[1] Then he was made curricula director of the military academy in 1965 and his term lasted until 1967.[1] He served as head of military intelligence from June 1967 to 1969.[1][2] In September 1969, he briefly acted as the general secretary of the Pan Arab Organization, being in charge of military affairs.[1] He was also named as chief of the Egyptian army staff by then president Gamal Abdel Nasser in September 1969.[3] In 1970, Sadek was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.[1]
Sadek was appointed defense minister by Anwar Sadat in May 1971 when Mohammed Fawzi resigned from office.[4] Upon his appointment, he was promoted to full general.[5] When Sadek was in office, he also held the job of armed forces commander in chief.[6] In October 1972, Sadek resigned from office, and was put under house arrest.[7] Sadek's anti-Soviet approach was cited as the reason for his resignation.[6] He was replacd by Ahmed Ismail Ali as defence minister in October 1972.[8]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Walter de Gruyter. 1 January 2007. p. 689. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=NHCQBAFMwawC&pg=PA688. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "Nasser appoints two new chiefs". Beirut. 19 September 1969. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z4EsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K80EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3941,3499325&dq=mohamed+ahmed+sadek&hl=en. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Nasser pushes purge, guerrillas hit hard". Beirut. 19 September 1969. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZcuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mqEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4973,4738202&dq=mohamed+ahmed+sadek&hl=en. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Terrorist plot cited". 17 May 1971. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QYkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fREEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5822,2911174&dq=mohammed+fawzi&hl=en. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Cabinet ministers quit in Cairo Feud". 14 May 1971. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ksaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5037,1497552&dq=mohamed+ahmed+sadek&hl=en. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Egypt's new war minister assumes post". Cairo. 28 October 1972. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7ehOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9QEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6629,3340456&dq=mohamed+ahmed+sadek&hl=en. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Egypt's Sadek under arrest". Beirut. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GH5IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5855,4318517&dq=mohamed+ahmed+sadek&hl=en. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ex-official of Egypt under arrest". 30 October 1972. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mn9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WhEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4024,4607057&dq=mohamed+ahmed+sadek&hl=en. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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