Abdel Latif Boghdadi (politician)

Abdel Latif Boghdadi
عبد اللطيف البغدادي
Boghdadi in 1958
Speaker of the National Assembly of Egypt
In office
22 July 1957 – 4 July 1958
Appointed byNational Assembly
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Prime MinisterGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byInaugural Holder
Succeeded byAnwar Sadat
Vice-President of the United Arab Republic
In office
7 March 1958 – 29 September 1961
Minister of Defense
In office
8 June 1953 – 7 April 1954
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byMohamed Naguib
Succeeded byHussein el-Shafei
Personal details
Born20 September 1917
El Mansoura, Egyptian Sultanate[1]
Died9 September 1999(1999-09-09) (aged 81)
Cairo, Egypt
Political partyArab Socialist Union
OccupationDefense Minister (1953–54)
Municipal Affairs Minister (1954)
Speaker of the National Assembly (1956)
Communications Minister (1957)
Vice President of UAR (1958–1961)
Vice President of Egypt (1962–64)
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Egypt
 Egypt
Branch/service Egyptian Air Force
Rank Wing Commander
Battles/wars1948 Arab–Israeli War
Egyptian Revolution of 1952
Suez War

Abdel Latif Baghdadi (Arabic: عبد اللطيف البغدادي; 20 September 1917 – 9 September 1999) was an Egyptian politician, senior air force officer, and judge. An original member of the Free Officers Movement which overthrew the monarchy in Egypt in the 1952 Revolution, Boghdadi later served as Gamal Abdel Nasser's vice president. The French author Jean Lacouture called Boghdadi "a robust manager" who only lacked "stature comparable to Nasser's."[2] The two leaders had a falling out over Nasser's increasingly socialist and pro-USSR policies and Boghdadi subsequently withdrew from political life in 1964, although he mended ties with Nasser before the latter's death in 1970.

  1. ^ "Revolution". Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 2009-08-04. sis.gov.eg
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