Mustafa Kamel Murad

Mustafa Kamel Murad (, 28 November 1927 – 1998) was an Egyptian military officer and politician.

Military career Murad graduated from the military college in 1948. That same year, as a field artillery officer, he participated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Because of his performance in that war, he received Palestine Golden Medal in 1948 and the Worthiness Silver Order in 1951. He sustained injuries during the hostilities in Palestine for which he traveled to the United Kingdom for treatment. In January 1949, Murad had joined the Free Officers movement, along with Kamal el-Din Hussein, which aimed at toppling the Egyptian Monarchy.

He took on the role Chief of Staff of Artillery of the armored force during the coup on 23 July 1952, which removed King Farouk from power and installed the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) to rule Egypt for an interim period. Murad later traveled to the United States in 1953 to complete his earlier treatment in the UK. From 1969 to 1979, Murad was a member of the People's Assembly of Egypt. During this period, in 1975, he served as the Chairman of Chamber of Commerce in Cairo and established the Al Ahrar Party or Liberal Socialists Party as an opposition party to Anwar Sadat's presidency in 1976.

Death Murad died in 1998, he passed away in a hospital following a period of illness and a long battle with a health condition.