Kamal Hassan Ali
{{Short description|Egyptian politician and war hero (1921-1993)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Kamal Hassan Ali 1978.jpg
| caption = Ali in 1978
|order=43rd
| office = Prime Minister of Egypt
| president = Hosni Mubarak
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|9|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|3|27|1921|9|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Cairo, Egypt
| term_start = 17 July 1984
| term_end = 4 September 1985
| predecessor = Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin
| successor = Aly Lotfy Mahmoud
| order2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| predecessor2 = Mustafa Khalil
| successor2 = Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid
| term_start2 = 15 May 1980
| term_end2 = 16 June 1984
| president2 = Anwar Sadat
| order3 = Minister of Defense
| predecessor3 = Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
| successor3 = Ahmed Badawi
| term_start3 = 5 October 1978
| term_end3 = 14 May 1980
| president3 = Anwar Sadat
| order4 = Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate
| term_start4 = 15 May 1975
| term_end4 = 26 October 1978
| president4 = Anwar Sadat
| predecessor4 = Ahmad Abdulsalam Tawfiq
| successor4 = Mohamed Saeed El Mahy
| allegiance = Egypt
| branch = Egyptian Army
| serviceyears = 1942–1980
| rank = Colonel General
| unit = Corps of Engineers (6th Sapper Battalion)
| commands = Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
| battles = {{unbulleted list|World War II|1948 Arab–Israeli War|Suez Crisis|North Yemen Civil War|Six-Day War|Yom Kippur War}}
| awards =
| native_name_lang = ar
| native_name = {{nobold|كمال حسن علي}}
}}
General Kamal Hassan Ali ({{langx|arz|كمال حسن على}}; {{IPA|arz|kæˈmæːl ˈħæsæn ˈʕæli|IPA}}; 18 September 1921 – 27 March 1993) was an Egyptian politician and military hero.
Biography
Aly was born in Cairo on 18 September 1921.{{cite news|title=Obituary: Lt-Gen Kamal Hassan Ali|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ltgen-kamal-hassan-ali-1500859.html|access-date=25 December 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=30 March 1993|author=Adel Darwish}} He attended medical school, but did not finish it and joined military academy. He was commissioned as a combat engineering officer in 1942, and served as a sapper and pioneer commander with the British Army during World War II.
He was involved in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and as Engineer-in-Chief the Yom Kippur War. Between 1973 and 1975, he was commander of the Central Military Zone. He was head of the Egyptian Intelligence Service from 1975 to 1978. After that, he served as minister of defense and military production under president Anwar Sadat.{{cite news|title=Kamal Hassan Ali, 72; Was Premier of Egypt|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/28/obituaries/kamal-hassan-ali-72-was-premier-of-egypt.html|access-date=25 December 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 March 1993}} Aly also played a role in peace negotiations between Egypt and Israel, resulting in a treaty in 1979. From 1980 to 1984, he was the deputy prime minister and foreign secretary.File:Jimmy Carter hosts a luncheon at Blair House for Israeli and Egyptian negotiator Moshe Dayan and Hassan Ali. - NARA - 181937.jpg and Moshe Dayan at Blair House, 1978.]]He was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 17 July 1984 to 4 September 1985. Then he became the chairman of the Egyptian-Gulf Bank in 1986. He was head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1986 to 1989.
Kamal Hassan Aly was married to Amal Khairy and had three children. He died in Cairo on 27 March 1993 at the age of 71 and was buried with a military funeral.
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{{succession box | title=Prime Minister of Egypt | before=Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin | after=Aly Lotfy Mahmoud | years=17 July 1984 – 4 September 1985}}
{{s-bef|before=Mustafa Khalil}}
{{s-ttl|title=Foreign Minister of Egypt
|years=1980–1984}}
{{s-aft|after=Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid}}
{{s-bef|before=Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy}}
{{s-ttl|title=Defense Minister of Egypt
|years=1978–1980}}
{{s-aft|after=Ahmed Badawi}}
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Category:20th-century prime ministers of Egypt
Category:Defence ministers of Egypt
Category:Ministers of foreign affairs of Egypt
Category:Politicians from Cairo
Category:National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians
Category:Directors of the General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt)