Birth Name: | Fouad Mohammad Abou-Zikry |
Birth Date: | November 17, 1923 |
Allegiance: | Republic of Egypt |
Serviceyears: | 1946–1983 |
Rank: | Admiral (active) Field Marshal (Honorary) |
Commands: | 2nd Missile Boats Brigade Damietta Naval Base Mediterranean Fleet Egyptian Navy |
Unit: | 3rd Expeditionary Frigates |
Battles: | 1948 Arab-Israeli War Suez Crisis Six-Day War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War |
Children: | Azza Fouad Abou Zikry (son) |
Admiral Fouad Mohamed Abou Zikry (ar|فؤاد محمد ابوذكري; November 17, 1923 – January 26, 1983) was an Egyptian naval officer and the Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Navy during the Six-Day War, War of Attrition and Yom Kippur War. He was also Vice Defense Minister from 12 February 1972 to October 29, 1973, and later served as an Advisor of Naval Affairs to the Egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat. He remains the only Egyptian Navy officer to have held the ranks of both Admiral and Field Marshal in the history of the Egyptian Armed Forces.[1]