Hassan Tuhami

Who is Hassan Tuhami?

Dr. Hassan Tuhami was an Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister during Anwar Sadat's presidency.

In 1977, Tuhami met with Yitzhak Hofi, chief of Israel's Mossad, in Morocco. This was followed, on September 16, by a meeting between Tuhami and Israeli foreign minister Moshe Dayan to discuss if Israel was sincere in pursuing peace talks with Egypt. This first Tuhami–Dayan meeting, facilitated by King Hassan II of Morocco, preceded Anwar Sadat's November 1977 trip to Jerusalem. It was in these meetings where the Egyptians first learned of Israel's willingness to withdraw "from Sinai in return for full, contractual, bilateral peace between the two states." Dayan, however, indicated in his book Breakthrough that he did not make such a promise and "was pleased that Sadat...would be coming to Jerusalem unaccompanied by any preconditions."

Tuhami and Dayan met again on December 2, 1977, in Morocco.

Tuhami's meetings with Dayan are part of the process that led to the Camp David Accords and Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty.