Mohammed Neguib was born
in Khartoum in 1901. He was educated at the Cairo Military Academy
and during the Second World War he joined the
Free Officers Movement.
The failed 1948 Palestine
campaign reinforced Neguib's view that the government of Farouk
I was inefficient and corrupt. In July 1952, General Neguib and
Colonel Gamal
Abdel Nasser
forced Farouk to abdicate.
After the Egyptian Revolution Neguib
became commander-in-chief, prime minister and president of the republic
whereas Nasser held the post of Minister of the Interior.
The young officers considered
Neguib to be too moderate and in November 1954 he resigned as president
and retired from public life.
Mohammed Neguib died in
1984.
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