Ali Ahmed Mustafa Baghdady (Arabic: علي مصطفى بغدادي) (4 December 1922 – 22 January 2005) was the Egyptian Air Force commander from 1969 to 1972.

Ali Baghdady was born in Cairo, Egypt, to parents Mustafa and Nabaweya.

In 1972 he was succeeded by Hosni Mubarak (who was later to become president of Egypt) as the Commander of the air force.

In October 2016 he was posthumously promoted to the rank of lieutenant general by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

[1] Ali Baghdady was Egypt's short distance swimming champion and captain of the national water polo team.