Mohamed Sedki Sulayman

Mohamed Sedki Sulayman
محمد صدقي سليمان
Sulayman as President.
1st President of Egypt
In office 23 June 1956 – 28 September 1970
Prime Minister	See list Himself (1954–1962) Ali Sabri (1962–1965) Zakaria Mohieddin (1965–1966) Muhammad Sedki Sulayman (1966–1967) Himself (1967–1970)
Vice President	See list Sabri al-Asali (1958) Akram al-Hawrani (1958–1960) Abdel Latif Boghdadi (1958–1964) Abdel Hakim Amer (1958–1965) Nureddin Kuhala (1960–1961) Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (1961) Kamal el-Din Hussein (1961–1964) Zakaria Mohieddin (1961–1964, 1965–1968) Hussein el-Shafei (1961–1965, 1968–1970) Anwar Sadat (1964, 1969–1970) Hassan Ibrahim (1964–1966) Ali Sabri (1965–1968)
Preceded by	Mohammed Naguib
Succeeded by	Anwar Sadat
31st Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 19 June 1967 – 28 September 1970
President	Himself
Preceded by	Muhammad Sedki Sulayman
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Fawzi
In office 18 April 1954 – 29 September 1962
President	Muhammad Naguib Himself
Preceded by	Muhammad Naguib
Succeeded by	Ali Sabri
In office 25 February 1954 – 8 March 1954
President	Muhammad Naguib
Preceded by	Muhammad Naguib
Succeeded by	Muhammad Naguib
Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 8 March 1954 – 18 April 1954
Prime Minister	Muhammad Naguib
Preceded by	Gamal Salem
Succeeded by	Gamal Salem
In office 18 June 1953 – 25 February 1954
Prime Minister	Muhammad Naguib
Preceded by	Sulayman Hafez
Succeeded by	Gamal Salem
Minister of the Interior
In office 18 June 1953 – 25 February 1954
Prime Minister	Muhammad Naguib
Preceded by	Sulayman Hafez
Succeeded by	Zakaria Mohieddin
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
In office 14 November 1954 – 23 June 1956
Preceded by	Muhammad Naguib
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
In office 5 October 1964 – 8 September 1970
Preceded by	Josip Broz Tito
Succeeded by	Kenneth Kaunda
Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity
In office 17 July 1964 – 21 October 1965
Preceded by	Haile Selassie I
Succeeded by	Kwame Nkrumah
Personal details
Born	Mohamed Sedki Sulayman (1918-01-15)15 January 1918 Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt (now Egypt)
Died	28 September 1970(1970-09-28) (aged 52) Cairo, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Political party	Arab Socialist Union
Spouse(s)	Tahia Kazem
Children	5, including Khalid
Profession	Military Officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Service/branch	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1938–1952
Rank	lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	1948 Arab–Israeli War

Mohamed Sedki Sulayman (1919 – 28 March 1996) was an Egyptian politician and the first Prime Minister of Egypt from 10 September 1966 to 19 June 1967.

Between 1962 and 1966, he was the minister supervising building of Aswan High Dam.

Six-Day War

During Sulayman's last month as Prime Minister, the Six-Day War was fought from 5 to 10 June 1967 by Israel and the states of Egypt (known then as the United Arab Republic [UAR]), Jordan, and Syria. The outcome was a decisive Israeli victory. Israel took effective control of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria.

Central Audit Organisation

Muhammed Sedki Sulayman was the head of Central Audit Organisation (CAO) of Egypt between 15 November 1971 and 17 January 1978 .^[1]

Death

Sulayman died on 28 March 1996.^[2]

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