Abdel Latif Boghdadi

Who was Abdel Latif Boghdadi?

Abdel Latif Boghdadi or Abd el-Latif el-Baghdadi was an Egyptian politician, senior air force officer, and judge. An original member of the Free Officers Movement which overthrew the monarchy in Egypt in the 1952 Revolution, Boghdadi later served as Gamal Abdel Nasser's vice president. The French author Jean Lacouture called Boghdadi "a robust manager" who only lacked "stature comparable to Nasser's." The two leaders had a fallout over policy in 1964 and Boghdadi withdrew from political life, although he amended ties with Nasser before the latter's death in 1970.