serviceyears branch commands birth_place allegiance unit battles birth_date rank article_title birth_name
1943 - 1983 egyptian army 17th -lrb- 1972-75 -rrb- central military zone -lrb- 1975-1979 -rrb- director mechanized of military operations staff and assistant minister of defence for division morale affairs -lrb- 1979-1983 -rrb- . -lrb- 1968-72 -rrb- second field army alexandria , egypt egypt 11th infantry regiment suez war six day war yom kippur war 14 may 1922 100px lieutenant general saad mamoun
 mohammed sa'ad ma ` moun
saad mamoun

lieutenant general mohammed saad eddin mamoun , usually known in english as saad mamoun -lrb- 14 may 1922 -- 28 october 2000 -rrb- , is an egyptian war hero and was the commander of the egyptian second army during the yom kippur war .
he was commissioned in an infantry regiment in 1943 after graduating from the egyptian military academy .
he was wounded in action during the 1956 war as an the commander of an infantry anti-tank battalion .
along with mohamed abdel ghani el-gamasy , hosni mubarak , helmy afify abd el-bar and kamal hassan ali , he was one of the heavyweight and close members of president sadat 's inner circle .
during the 1977 protests in egypt , as commander of the central military zone , he is known to have refused to use deadly force against protestors in cairo and to convince president sadat to accede to some of the popular demands .
after he retired from the egyptian army , he served as governor of cairo until 1987 .
