17 Facts About Kamal Rifaat

Kamal Rifaat was an Egyptian military officer and one of the members of the Free Officers movement.

Kamal Rifaat held several government posts after the Egyptian revolution in 1952.

Kamal Rifaat joined the Egyptian army in 1941 and served there until 1945.

Kamal Rifaat was part of the Iron Guard along with Captain Mustafa Kamal Sidqi and Anwar Sadat which was composed of the supporters of King Farouk.

Kamal Rifaat was part of the first cell of the movement founded by Nasser.

Kamal Rifaat became a member of the 14-member Revolution Command Council following the 1952 revolution, and his military rank was colonel.

Kamal Rifaat was appointed acting minister of religious affairs in February 1959 when Ahmad Hassan Bakoury resigned from the post.

Kamal Rifaat was made the chairman of the Dar Akhbar Al Youm company, publisher of the Akhbar Al Youm newspaper, in 1960 when all publications in the country were nationalized.

Kamal Rifaat was named as the minister of state and labour in August 1961 to the cabinet led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Kamal Rifaat was made acting minister of social affairs on 12 October 1961 when Syrian ministers vacated their posts in the cabinet.

Kamal Rifaat was permanently appointed to the post in the cabinet formed on 18 October and remained in office until September 1962.

Kamal Rifaat was one of the twelve members of this council.

Kamal Rifaat was one of the members of the Arab Socialist Union's higher executive committee in 1962 and became part of its secretariat in November 1964.

Between 1971 and 1973 Kamal Rifaat was the ambassador of Egypt to the United Kingdom.

Kamal Rifaat submitted his credentials to Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace on 12 October 1971.

Kamal Rifaat was one of the Free Officers who had Marxist views and had a Titoist leaning.

Kamal Rifaat was the recipient of the Order of the Republic and several decorations from Cameroon, Morocco, Yugoslavia and Tunisia.