Abdel Hakim Amer

Abdel Hakim Amer

Mohamed Abdel Hakim Amer (Arabic: محمد عبد الحكيم عامر‎, ; December 11, 1919 – September 14, 1967) was an Egyptian general and political leader. Born in Astal, Samallot, in the Al Minya Governorate in 1919, he served in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, took part in the 1952 Revolution and commanded the Egyptian Army in the Suez Crisis, the North Yemen Civil War and the Six-Day War.

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