| Birth Date: | 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Alexandria |
| Nationality: | Egyptian |
| Alma Mater: | Egyptian Air Academy |
| Occupation: | Military officer |
| Years Active: | 1940–1980s |
Hassan Ibrahim (Arabic: حسن إبراهيم; 1917– 1990) was an Egyptian Air Force officer and one of the founders of the Free Officers movement.
Ibrahim was born in Alexandria in 1917.[1] [2] He graduated from the Egyptian Air Academy in 1927.[2]
Ibrahim was among five military officers who formed the first cell of the Free Officers movement in July or September 1949.[3] [4] Although it is argued that Ibrahim along with other officers was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's special unit from 1944 to 1945,[3] [4] there is another report stating that Ibrahim was part of the group called Young Egypt.[5] In addition, Ibrahim was one of the nine-member leadership group of the Free Officers movement.[1] The movement led the 1952 Revolution.[6] Then Ibrahim became a member of the 14-member Revolution Command Council that was charged with the running of Egypt following the success of the revolution.[1]
Ibrahim participated in the Palestinian war in 1948.[2] In 1952 he served as an Air Force group captain.[1] In 1954 he led the group who expelled President Mohamed Naguib from Abdeen Palace.[1] He was one of the three judges, who tried the members of the Muslim Brotherhood after their attempted assassination attack against President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1954.[7] The other judges were Anwar Sadat and Abdel Latif Boghdadi.[7]
Ibrahim was also appointed minister for presidential affairs in 1954.[5] Two years later, in 1956, he was named the head of the Egyptian economy agency.[5] After dealing with business for a while, in February 1964, he was appointed as one of seven vice deputies of President Nasser.[5] Ibrahim joined the Arab Socialist Union in 1962 when the party was established and was one of the sub-secretaries for its finance and commerce department.[8] The other sub-secretary of the department was Abdul Munim Qaysuni, an economist.[8] Ibrahim's tenure as vice deputy ended in 1966 when Nasser asked him to end his extramarital relationship, and Ibrahim continued business activities.[5]
In 1975, Ibrahim gave a series of interviews to Egyptian author Sami Gohar which were published as a book titled The Silents Speak: Abdelnasser and the Massacre of the Muslim Brotherhood.[2] In the book Ibrahim harshly criticized Gamal Abdel Nasser.[2] He died in 1990.[1]
Ibrahim was the recipient of the Grand Collar of the Order of the Nile which was awarded to him in 1956.[9]