Mohamed Naguib

Mohamed Naguib

Major General Mohamed Bey Naguib Youssef Qutb El-Qashlan (Arabic: الرئيس اللواء محمد بك نجيب يوسف قطب القشلان‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmmæd næˈɡiːb]; 19 February 1901 – 28 August 1984) was an Egyptian revolutionary, and, along with Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the two principal leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 that toppled the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Egypt, and the independence of Sudan. A distinguished and decorated general who was wounded in action in the Palestine War of 1948, 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 perceived 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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed Naguib has received more than 187,798 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Mohamed Naguib is the 1,925th most popular politician (down from 1,924th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Sudan (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sudanese Politician.

Mohamed Naguib is most famous for being the first president of Egypt after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.