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Hussein el-Shafei | |
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حسين الشافعي | |
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| Vice President of Egypt | |
| In office 20 March 1968 – 16 April 1975 | |
| President | Gamal Abdel Nasser Anwar Sadat |
| Preceded by | Ali Sabri |
| Succeeded by | Hosni Mubarak |
| In office 16 August 1961 – 30 September 1965 | |
| President | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Preceded by | Nur al-Din Kahala |
| Succeeded by | Ali Sabri |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 17 April 1954 – 31 August 1954 | |
| President | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Preceded by | Abdel Latif Boghdadi |
| Succeeded by | Abdel Hakim Amer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1918-02-08)8 February 1918 |
| Died | 18 November 2005(2005-11-18) (aged 87) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Egypt Egypt |
| Branch/service |  Egyptian Army |
| Years of service | 1938–1975 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Unit | Cavalry |
| Battles/wars | |
Hussein Mahmoud Hassan el-Shafei (Arabic:حسين محمود حسن الشافعي; 8 February 1918 – 18 November 2005) was an Egyptian military officer who was a member of theFree Officers Movement and served asvice president under two Egyptian presidents,Gamal Abdel Nasser andAnwar Sadat. He was one of the nine men who had constituted themselves as the committee of theFree Officers movement and led the country'scavalry corps during the uprising, and was one of only three last-surviving members of theRevolutionary Command Council at the time of his death.
Born inTanta in 1918, el-Shafei graduated from theEgyptian Military Academy in 1938.[1]
El-Shafei was appointedminister of war in 1954 and served as Egypt'sminister of labor and social affairs during Egypt's merger withSyria. He served as vice-president underGamal Abdel Nasser in 1961.
During his tenure as minister of social affairs, el-Shafei introduced social insurance reforms considered radical at the time, including pensions towidows. His Winter Charity campaign provided Egypt's poor with basic necessities. Some Egyptian celebrities took part in the "mercy trains" which delivered the goods, including actressFaten Hamama.
Anwar Sadat appointed el-Shafei as vice-president of Egypt's new government in 1971 and he was succeeded byHosni Mubarak in April 1975.
El-Shafei died on 18 November 2005. Mubarak was among the senior officials at el-Shafei'sstate funeral.[1]
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| Preceded by | President of theEgyptian Olympic Committee 1960–1962 | Succeeded by |
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