Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy | |
|---|---|
| محمد عبد الغني الجمسي | |
 Field Marshal Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy, Minister of Defence and Military Production, c.1977 | |
| Minister of Defence of Egypt | |
| In office 1974–1978 | |
| President | Anwar El-Sadat |
| Prime Minister | Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi Mamdouh Salem |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Ismail Ali |
| Succeeded by | Kamal Hassan Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 September 1921 Batanoon, Monufia Governorate, Sultanate of Egypt |
| Died | 7 June 2003 (aged 81) Cairo, Egypt |
| Awards | 24 Order, Medal and Ribbon from Egypt and other countries |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Egypt (1941-53) Republic of Egypt (1953-58) United Arab Republic (1958-71) Egypt (1971-78) |
| Branch/service |  Egyptian Army |
| Years of service | 1941–1978 |
| Rank |  Field Marshal |
| Unit | 1st Cavalry |
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Chief of Military Operations Second Field Army 14th Infantry Division |
| Battles/wars | Second World War 1948 Arab-Israeli War Suez Crisis Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Egyptian-Libyan War |
Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (Arabic: محمد عبد الغني الجمسي, 9 September 1921 – 7 June 2003) was an Egyptian Field Marshal (Mushir) and the former minister of defense of Egypt.[1][2] He is considered one of the architects of the Yom Kippur War."[3]
- ^ Arthur Goldschmidt; Arthur Jr Goldschmidt (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp. 94–. ISBN 978-1-55587-229-8.
- ^ Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. (10 October 2013). Historical Dictionary of Egypt. Scarecrow Press. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-0-8108-8025-2.
- ^ Joseph Sassoon (24 February 2016). Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-1-107-04319-0.