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Abdel Hakim Amer
Abdel Hakim Amer was an Egyptian army officer, a close friend of Gamal Abdel Nasser and a leading member of the Free Officers who seized power in 1952. As commander of the armed forces and field marshal, he served as Nasser's representative in Syria during the United Arab Republic. Blamed for the defeat in the Six-Day War of 1967, he was arrested over an alleged coup plot and died in custody, officially by suicide.
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