Hussein el-Shafei

Hussein el-Shafei
حسين الشافعي
Vice President of Egypt
In office
20 March 1968 – 16 April 1975
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Anwar Sadat
Preceded byAli Sabri
Succeeded byHosni Mubarak
In office
16 August 1961 – 30 September 1965
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byNur al-Din Kahala
Succeeded byAli Sabri
Minister of Defense
In office
17 April 1954 – 31 August 1954
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byAbdel Latif Boghdadi
Succeeded byAbdel Hakim Amer
Personal details
Born(1918-02-08)8 February 1918
Tanta, Sultanate of Egypt
Died18 November 2005(2005-11-18) (aged 87)
Cairo, Egypt
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Egypt
 Egypt
Branch/service Egyptian Army
Years of service1938–1975
Rank Colonel
UnitCavalry
Battles/wars

Hussein Mahmoud Hassan el-Shafei (Arabic: حسين محمود حسن الشافعي; 8 February 1918 – 18 November 2005) was an Egyptian military officer who was a member of the Free Officers Movement and served as vice president under two Egyptian presidents, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat. He was one of the nine men who had constituted themselves as the committee of the Free Officers Movement and led the country's cavalry corps during the uprising, and was one of only three last-surviving members of the Revolutionary Command Council at the time of his death.