Shams Badran

Shams Badran
Minister of War
In office
10 September 1966 – 10 June 1967
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byAbdel Wahab Al Bishri
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born(1929-04-19)19 April 1929
Giza, Kingdom of Egypt
Died28 November 2020(2020-11-28) (aged 91)
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Alma materMilitary academy

Shams Al Din Badran (Arabic: شمس الدين بدران; 19 April 1929 – 28 November 2020) was an Egyptian government official. He served as minister of war of Egypt during Gamal Abdel Nasser's era and the Six-Day War of 1967. He was removed from his post during the war and later imprisoned. After his release he married a British woman and lived in "self-imposed exile" in the United Kingdom.