Abdel Latif Boghdadi (politician)

Abdel Latif Boghdadi
عبد اللطيف البغدادي
Boghdadi in 1958
Speaker of the National Assembly of Egypt
In office 22 July 1957 – 4 July 1958
Appointed by	National Assembly
President	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Prime Minister	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by	Inaugural Holder
Succeeded by	Anwar Sadat
Vice-President of the United Arab Republic
In office 7 March 1958 – 29 September 1961
Minister of Defense
In office 8 June 1953 – 7 April 1954
President	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by	Mohamed Naguib
Succeeded by	Hussein el-Shafei
Personal details
Born	20 September 1917 El Mansoura, Egyptian Sultanate[1]
Died	9 September 1999(1999-09-09) (aged 81) Cairo, Egypt
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)
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Egypt  Egypt
Branch/service	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 (Arabic: عبد اللطيف البغدادي; 20 September 1917 – 9 September 1999) 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."^[2] The two leaders had a falling out 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.