Saad el-Shazly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Saad el-Shazly

Egyptian general

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Basyoun, Egypt

Date of Death: 10-Feb-2011

Profession: politician, military officer, diplomat

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Saad Mohamed el-Husseiny El Shazly (Arabic: ??? ????? ???? ??????? ????????, IPA: [sæ?d ed'di?n elho'se?ni e?'?æzli])? (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011) was an Egyptian military commander.
He was Egypt's chief of staff during the October War.
Following his public criticism of the Camp David Accords, he was dismissed from his post as Ambassador to Britain and Portugal, then he went to Algeria as a political refugee. 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 1973 war.
He was dismissed from his post on Dec 13 1973.