Mohamed Naguib

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His Excellency Major General Mohamed Naguib
محمد نجيب
Official portrait, c. 1954
1st President of Egypt
In office 18 June 1953 – 25 February 1954
In office 27 February 1954 – 14 November 1954
Prime Minister	Himself Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by	Position established (Fuad II as King of Egypt)
Succeeded by	Gamal Abdel Nasser
30th Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 8 March 1954 – 18 April 1954
President	Himself
Preceded by	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Succeeded by	Gamal Abdel Nasser
In office 7 September 1952 – 25 February 1954
Monarch	Fuad II (until 18 June 1953)
President	Himself (from 18 June 1953)
Preceded by	Ali Maher
Succeeded by	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Minister of War and Navy
In office 7 September 1952 – 18 June 1953
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Ali Maher
Succeeded by	Abdel Latif Boghdadi
Personal details
Born	(1901-02-19)19 February 1901 Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Died	28 August 1984(1984-08-28) (aged 83) Cairo, Egypt
Cause of death	Liver cirrhosis
Political party	Military/Liberation Rally
Spouse	Aisha Labib ​ ​ (m. 1934; died 1971)​
Awards	Order of the Nile Order of the Republic
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Sultanate of Egypt Kingdom of Egypt Republic of Egypt
Branch/service	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1918–1954[1]
Rank	Major General
Unit	Infantry
Battles/wars	Abdeen Palace incident of 1942 1948 Arab–Israeli War Battles of Negba Operation Pleshet Battle of Nitzanim Battle of Hill 86 Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Mohamed Bey Naguib Youssef Qutb El-Qashlan (Egyptian Arabic: الرئيس اللواء محمد بي نجيب يوسف قطب القشلان, Egyptian Arabic: [mæˈħæmmæd næˈɡiːb]; 19 February 1901 – 28 August 1984), also known as Mohamed Naguib, was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary, who along with Gamal Abdel Nasser, was one of the two principal leaders of the Free Officers movement of 1952 that toppled the monarchy of Egypt and the Sudan (including modern day South Sudan), leading to the establishment of the Republic of Egypt,^[2] and the independence of Sudan, and eventually South Sudan in 2010.

A distinguished and decorated general who was wounded in action in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, he became the leader of the Free Officers Movement of nationalist army officers opposed to the continued presence of British troops in Egypt and Sudan, and the corruption and incompetence of King Farouk. Following the toppling of Farouk in July 1952, Naguib went on to serve as the head of the Revolutionary Command Council, the prime minister, and first president of Egypt, successfully negotiating the independence of Sudan (hitherto a condominium of Egypt and the United Kingdom), and the withdrawal of all British military personnel from Egypt. His tenure as president came to end in November 1954 due to disagreements with other members of the Free Officers, particularly with Nasser, who forced him to resign and succeeded him as president.^[2][3]