Salah Nasr

Director of Egyptian Intelligence (1920–1982)

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Salah Nasr (Arabic: صلاح الدين محمد نصر, IPA: [sˤɑˈlɑːħ edˈdiːn mæˈħammæd ˈnɑsˤɾ]) (8 October 1920 – 5 March 1982) served as head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1957 to 1967.^[1] He retired citing health reasons following Egypt's defeat in the 1967 Six-Day War. He was succeeded by Amin Howeidi in the post.^[2]

Nasr was arrested and tried soon after the end of his tenure as the head of general intelligence.^[3] He was freed when he was granted release by Anwar Sadat in February 1974.^[4]

In 1976, Nasr was again imprisoned after being accused by journalist Mustafa Amin of torture after an arrest 11 years prior.^[4]

References

^ Joseph W. Wippl (2019). "Book review". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 32 (2): 432. doi:10.1080/08850607.2019.1565879.
^ Gamal Nkrumah (5–11 November 2009). "Obituary Amin Howeidi (1921-2009) Vexed, not villainous". Al-Ahram Weekly. Vol. 971. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009.
^ Youssef Aboul-Enein (July–August 2006). "Spymaster: former Egyptian intelligence chief discusses psychological warfare". Infantry. Vol. 95, no. 4.
^ ^a ^b Henry Tanner (27 June 1976). "Ex-Cairo Official Is Given 10 Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2022.