Ibrahim El-Orabi

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Ibrahim Abdel Ghafour El Orabi (Arabic: إبراهيم عبد الغفور العرابي, Arabic: [ˈʔɪbrahiːm ʕæbdel ˈɣafuːɾ el ʕoɾæːbi]); 20 May 1931 – 18 September 2019) was an Egyptian Army Lieutenant General. He was the 13th and former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces from 1983 through 1987. He was a member of the Free Officers Movement. El-Orabi was born in El-Gharbeyya, Egypt.

El-Orabi died on 19 September 2019 in Cairo at the age of 88.[1]

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