MILITARY PERSONNEL

Saad el-Shazly

1922 - 2011

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Saad el-Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly (Arabic: سعد الدين محمد الحسيني الشاذلي, IPA: [sæʕd edˈdiːn elħoˈseːni eʃˈʃæzli])‎ (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011) was an Egyptian military officer. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the Yom Kippur War. He is credited with the equipping and preparation of the Egyptian Armed Forces in the years prior to the successful capture of the Israeli Bar-Lev line at the start of the Yom Kippur War. He was dismissed from his post on 13 December 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saad el-Shazly is the 1,405th most popular military personnel (down from 760th in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Egyptian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Saad el-Shazly ranks 1,405 out of 2,058. Before him are Lengvenis, John Paul Jones, Silvestras Žukauskas, Hans Jordan, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, and Henry Tandey. After him are Kurt von der Chevallerie, Dmitry Lelyushenko, Herman Kahn, August von Werder, Fritz Julius Kuhn, and Walter Short.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Saad el-Shazly ranks 213. Before him are Steven Hill, Luiz Bonfá, René Lévesque, Roland Dumas, Käbi Laretei, and Adil Çarçani. After him are Herman Kahn, Arthur Hill, Joanne Dru, Tetsurō Tamba, Eugene Stoner, and Mariano Gonzalvo. Among people deceased in 2011, Saad el-Shazly ranks 188. Before him are James Hillman, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Bhupen Hazarika, Koichi Tohei, Jacques Fatton, and José Alencar. After him are Elaine Stewart, James L. Elliot, Hind Rostom, David Wilkerson, John Wood, and Michael S. Hart.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Saad el-Shazly ranks 415 out of 642. Before him are Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (1923), Al-Mansur Abu Bakr (1321), Atef Ebeid (1932), Al-Mustamsik (null), Walther von Hünersdorff (1898), and Khalid al-Islambouli (1955). After him are Yahya of Antioch (980), Apion (-30), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), C. S. Forester (1899), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), and Sayf al-Din Khushqadam (1413).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Egypt

Among military personnels born in Egypt, Saad el-Shazly ranks 6. Before him are Eli Cohen (1924), Ashraf Marwan (1944), Jawhar (911), Al-Salih Hajji (1372), and Walther von Hünersdorff (1898). After him are Sayf al-Din Khushqadam (1413), and Al-Ashraf Kujuk (1334).

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