Abdel Latif Boghdadi (politician)
| Abdel Latif Boghdadi | |
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Boghdadi, February 1958
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| Vice-President of the United Arab Republic | |
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In office 7 March 1958 – 29 September 1961 |
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| Minister of Defense | |
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In office 8 June 1953 – 7 April 1954 |
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| President | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Naguib |
| Succeeded by | Hussein el-Shafei |
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| Born | 20 September 1917 El Mansoura, Egypt |
| Died | 9 September 1999 (aged 81) Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Political party | Arab Socialist Union |
| Occupation | Defense 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) |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Egypt Egypt
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| Service/branch | Egyptian Air Force |
| Rank | Wing Commander |
| Battles/wars |
1948 Arab–Israeli War Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Suez War |
Abdel Latif Boghdadi or Abd el-Latif el-Baghdadi (20 September 1917 – 9 September 1999) (Arabic: عبد اللطيف البغدادي) 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." The two leaders had a fallout 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.
Boghdadi was born in El Mansoura on 20 September 1917. He is known to have excelled at Egypt's military academy in 1938 and, later on, its air force academy. He rose to the rank of wing commander in the Egyptian Air Force and was sent by the Egyptian government under Prime Minister Mustafa el-Nahhas to fight alongside the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) at the onset of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, prior to the arrival of the Egyptian Army.
Boghdadi later became one of the original ten members of the Free Officers Movement. During the 1952 revolution led by the Free Officers, Boghdadi commanded jet fighter units to circle around Cairo to prevent possible outside interference in the coup against King Farouk. After the Free Officers assumed power, Gamal Abdel Nasser—the principal leader of the coup and the new Prime Minister of Egypt—made Boghdadi chairman of a special court established to try members of the monarchy, sentencing former general Hussein Sirri Amer and a Wafd party leader Fouad Sarrag Eddine, among others, to long-term prison sentences. Most sentences were commuted, however.
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