Ahmad Ismail Ali

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Ahmad Ismail Ali أحمد إسماعيل علي
Minister of Defence of Egypt
In office 1973–1973
President	Anwar El-Sadat
Preceded by	Mohammed Ahmed Sadek
Succeeded by	Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate
In office 1971–1972
President	Muhammad Naguib, Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born	(1917-10-14)14 October 1917 Cairo, Egypt
Died	26 December 1974(1974-12-26) (aged 57) London, United Kingdom
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Egypt  United Arab Republic  Egypt
Branch/service	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1938–1974
Rank	Field Marshal
Unit	16th Infantry
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Battles/wars	Second World War North African campaign Western Desert campaign 1948 Arab–Israeli War Suez Crisis Six-Day War Yom Kippur War

Ahmad Ismail Ali (Arabic: أحمد إسماعيل علي‎) (14 October 1917 – 26 December 1974) was the Commander-in-Chief of Egypt's army and minister of war during the October War of 1973, and is best known for his planning of the attack across the Suez Canal, code-named Operation Badr. Ali's mother was of partial Albanian descent.

Military career[]

• Graduated from Egypt's Royal Military Academy in 1938.
• Commissioned in an Infantry regiment.
• Served with the Allies in the Western Desert against the Axis during the Second World War
• Fought as an infantry battalion commander in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• Later received training in Great Britain
• Saw active service during the 1956 Suez Crisis, and undertook further training in the Soviet Union
• Served as a division commander during the 1967 Six-Day War of 1967
• Head, Military Operations Authority
• Appointed Chief of the General Staff in March 1969, but was dismissed by President Nasser in September 1969 following successful Israeli raids during the War of Attrition. Nasser's successor as President, Anwar Al-Sadat, however, named him chief of intelligence in September 1970.
• From 1971 to 1972 he served as head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate.

In October 1972, Ali accompanied Prime Minister Aziz Sidqi on a visit to Moscow, and, on his return, stifled a coup attempt against President Sadat. That same month, he replaced the anti-Soviet general Mohammed Ahmed Sadek as Minister of Defence, and was promoted to full general. His skill as a strategist, and his success in reviving the morale of the Egyptian army became evident in the October War of 1973. Following the war, he was made a Field Marshal in November 1973.

Death[]

Ali died in December 1974 from advanced cancer in London, at the age of just 57.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Defencejournal.com Article
• Britannica.com Article