Ahmed Badawi

Ahmed Badawi Sayyid Ahmed (Arabic: أحمد بدوي سيد أحمد) was an Egyptian Field Marshal (Mushir) and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.[1]

Ahmed Badawy Sayyid Ahmed
Minister of Defence of Egypt
In office
14 May 1980 – 2 March 1981
PresidentAnwar El-Sadat
Prime MinisterMustafa Khalil
Anwar El-Sadat
Preceded byKamal Hassan Ali
Succeeded byAbd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala
Personal details
Born1927
Alexandria, Egypt
Died2 March 1981 (aged 54)
Near Siwa, Egypt
Political partyIndependent
Military service
AllegianceEgypt
Branch/serviceArmy
Years of service1948–1981
Rank Field Marshal
Commands4th Armoured Division; 7th Infantry Division; Third Field Army; Chief of the General Staff
Battles/wars

Early life

Ahmed Badawy was born in the coastal city of Alexandria in 1927. He studied commerce at Alexandria University where he obtained his bachelor's degree, he then traveled to Moscow on a scholarship to the M. V. Frunze Military Academy.

Career

He became a senior lecturer at the military academy in 1958 but then he was fired from the military service in 1967. President Anwar El-Sadat then asked him to return to military service at the same time as he became a lecturer at Ain Shams University. As a brigadier general, he commanded the 7th Infantry Division during the Yom Kippur War, and after the Third Army became encircled, was placed in command of the cut-off force. The isolated part of the army was made up of the 7th and 19th Infantry Divisions, plus two independent armoured brigades, on the east bank, and a mixture of units in Suez city itself.[2]

He became the commander of the Training Institute of the Armed Forces and was then promoted to become the Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces.

On 14 May 1980, Anwar El-Sadat made him the Minister of Defence and Military Production.

Death

A few months after becoming in charge of the ministry of defence, Ahmed Badawy died, along with 12 senior officers, in a helicopter crash on 2 March 1981.

References
  1. "ذاكرة مصر المعاصرة - السيرة الذاتية". modernegypt.bibalex.org. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  2. Trevor Dupuy, Elusive Victory, 1978, 543.
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