Kamal Hassan Ali

General Kamal Hassan Ali (18 September 1921 – 27 March 1993) was an Egyptian politician and military hero.

Biography
Ali was born in Cairo on 18 September 1921. He attended medical school, but did not finish it and joined military academy.

He was involved in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the Yom Kippur War. 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. Ali 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.

He was 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 Ali was married Amal Khairy and had two children. He died in Cairo on 27 March 1993 at the age of 71 and was buried with a military funeral.