Mustafa Kamel Murad

Mustafa Kamel Murad (Arabic: مصطفى كامل مراد, 28 November 1927 – 1998) was an Egyptian military officer and politician.

Because of his performance in that war, he received Palestine Golden Medal in 1948 and the Worthiness Silver Order in 1951.

In January 1949, Murad had joined the Free Officers Movement, along with Kamal el-Din Hussein, which aimed at toppling the Egyptian Monarchy.

[1] 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.

[1] Murad was appointed as a member of the RCC and served as director of Minister of Education's office in 1954 and obtained a bachelor's degree in commerce from Cairo University the same year.