What is Shams Badran?
[[File:Shams Badran.jpg|right|200px]] '''Shams Al Din Badran''' ({{lang-ar|شمس الدين بدران}}; 19 April 1929 – 28 November 2020) was an Egyptian politician. He was [[Ministry of Defence and Military Production|Minister of Defence]] of Egypt during [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]'s era from 1966 to 1967. He also was Commander of the [[Egyptian Armed Forces]] at the same time. He was removed from the ministry during the [[Six-Day War]] and later imprisoned. Badran died at a [[Plymouth, Devon]] hospital on 28 November 2020 while living in [[exile]] since his prison release in 1974, aged 91.<ref name=indy>{{cite web |url=https://www.independentarabia.com/node/173096/الأخبار/العالم-العربي/وفاة-وزير-الحربية-المصري-الأسبق-شمس-بدران-في-لندن |title=وفاة وزير الحربية المصري الأسبق شمس بدران في لندن |website=Independent |language=Arabic |date=1 December 2020 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Badran, Shams}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Egyptian politicians]] [[Category:Egyptian military people]] {{bio-stub}}