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Hussein el-Shafei | |
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حسين الشافعي | |
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| Vice President of Egypt | |
| In office 20 March 1968 – 16 April 1975 | |
| President | Gamal Abdel Nasser Anwar Sadat |
| Preceded by | Ali Sabri |
| Succeeded by | Hosni Mubarak |
| In office 16 August 1961 – 30 September 1965 | |
| President | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Preceded by | Nur al-Din Kahala |
| Succeeded by | Ali Sabri |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 17 April 1954 – 31 August 1954 | |
| President | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Preceded by | Abdel Latif Boghdadi |
| Succeeded by | Abdel Hakim Amer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1918 Tanta, Sultanate of Egypt |
| Died | 18 November 2005 (aged 87) Cairo, Egypt |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Egypt Egypt |
| Branch/service |  Egyptian Army |
| Years of service | 1938–1975 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Unit | Cavalry |
| 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.