Shams Badran

Shams Al Din Badran (; 19 April 1929 – 28 November 2020) was an Egyptian government official. He served as minister of war of Egypt during Gamal Abdel Nasser's era and the Six-Day War of 1967. He was removed from his post during the war and later imprisoned. After his release he married a British woman and lived in "self-imposed exile" in the United Kingdom.

Early life and education Badran was born on 19 April 1929. After high school, he attended a military academy and graduated in 1948 as a junior officer He also served as the office manager of Field Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer under Gamal Abdel Nasser's presidency. Badran was one of the top aides of Amer. The Muslim Brotherhood accused him and Amer of responsibility for the torture of Brotherhood leaders who had been arrested due to their alleged plans to assassinate Nasser in 1965.

Badran was appointed minister of war on 10 September 1966, a few months before the Six-Day War in June 1967, replacing Abdel Wahab Al Bishri in the post. Amer had supported Badran's appointment. Badran was also named as the chief of Nasser's cabinet the same year. Badran met with the Fatah members in the late 1966. They asked to create a Fatah base in the Negev desert which would be backed by the Egypt's logistical help to attack the Israeli army. Amin Howeidi was named as the minister of war on 22 July 1967.

Conviction and later years Badran along with other senior officials, including Amer, was detained on 25 August 1967 on charges of plotting against Nasser. However, they were tried for their roles during the Six Day War in 1967, including for Badran charges of torturing members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Following his release from prison by president Anwar Sadat on 23 May 1974, Badran left Egypt and went to live in London. Badran published part of his memoirs in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa in 2014.

Personal life Badran married his first wife, Muna Rushdie, on 7 June 1962. The couple had one daughter named Hiba; they divorced in January 1989 by a court decision, as he had been absent for three years. Rushdie worked at The American University in Cairo.