Hassan Ibrahim

Hassan Ibrahim (1917 – 1990) was an Egyptian Air Force officer and one of the founders of the Free Officers movement.

Hassan Ibrahim
Portrait of Wing Commander Hassan Ibrahim (1952)
Born1917
Alexandria
Died1990 (aged 72–73)
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materEgyptian Air Academy
OccupationMilitary officer
Years active1940–1980s

Early life and education

Ibrahim was born in Alexandria in 1917.[1][2] He graduated from the Egyptian Air Academy in 1927.[2][3]

Free Officers Movement

Ibrahim was among five military officers who formed the first cell of the Free Officers movement in July or September 1949.[4][5] Although it is argued that Ibrahim along with other officers was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's special unit from 1944 to 1945,[4][5] there is another report stating that Ibrahim was part of the group called Young Egypt.[3] In addition, Ibrahim was one of the nine-member leadership group of the Free Officers movement.[1] The movement led the 1952 Revolution.[6] Then Ibrahim became a member of the 14-member Revolution Command Council that was charged with the running of Egypt following the success of the revolution.[1]

Career

Ibrahim participated in the Palestinian war in 1948.[2] In 1952 he served as an Air Force group captain.[1] In 1954 he led the group who expelled President Mohamed Naguib from Abdeen Palace.[1] He was one of the three judges, who tried the members of the Muslim Brotherhood after their attempted assassination attack against President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1954.[7] The other judges were Anwar Sadat and Abdel Latif Boghdadi.[7]

Ibrahim was also appointed minister for presidential affairs in 1954.[3] Two years later, in 1956, he was named the head of the Egyptian economy agency.[3] After dealing with business for a while, in February 1964, he was appointed as one of seven vice deputies of President Nasser.[3] Ibrahim joined the Arab Socialist Union in 1962 when the party was established and was one of the sub-secretaries for its finance and commerce department.[8] The other sub-secretary of the department was Abdul Munim Qaysuni, an economist.[8] Ibrahim's tenure as vice deputy ended in 1966 when Nasser asked him to end his extramarital relationship, and Ibrahim continued business activities.[3]

Later years and death

In 1975, Ibrahim gave a series of interviews to Egyptian author Sami Gohar which were published as a book titled The Silents Speak: Abdelnasser and the Massacre of the Muslim Brotherhood.[2] In the book Ibrahim harshly criticized Gamal Abdel Nasser.[2] He died in 1990.[1]

Honour

Foreign honour

References
  1. "All the revolution's men". Al Ahram Weekly. 595. 18–25 July 2002. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
  2. Zeinab El-Gundy; Karim Abdel Kodos (23 July 2015). "Meet the Free Officers of Egypt's Revolutionary Command Council". Ahram Online. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. Robin Bidwell (2012). Dictionary of Modern Arab History. London; New York: Routledge. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-136-16298-5.
  4. Mohammed Zahid (2012). The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's Succession Crisis: The Politics of Liberalisation and Reform in the Middle East. London; New York: I.B.Tauris. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-78076-217-3.
  5. Hazem Kandil (2012). Soldiers, Spies and Statesmen: Egypt's Road to Revolt. London and New York: Verso Books. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-84467-961-4.
  6. "The Revolution and the Early Years of the New Government: 1952-56". Country Studies. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. Steven A. Cook (2011). The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-19-979532-1.
  8. Patricia Peghini Ryan (1972). The Arab Socialist Union of Egypt (PhD thesis). West Virginia University. p. 95. ISBN 9798659245712. ProQuest 302593067.
  9. "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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