Hassan Abu Basha

Abu Basha was born in Cairo on 2 December 1922. He graduated from the police academy in 1945. ==Career==

Abu Basha was a leading figure during the Nasser era. He served as deputy minister of Interior when Nabawi Ismail was in office under President Anwar Sadat.{{cite news|author=Omar Hassanein|title=Most Controversial Interior Minister Nabawi Ismail Passes Away|url=http://today.almasryalyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=215308|access-date=24 December 2012|newspaper=Al-Masry Al-Youm|date=16 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927155733/http://today.almasryalyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=215308|url-status=dead Abu Basha was appointed interior minister in January 1982 by President Hosni Mobarak, replacing Nabawi Ismail in the post.{{cite news ==Assassination attempt==

On 5 May 1987, Abu Basha survived an assassination attempt perpetrated by the Islamist militants, including Ayman Zawahiri's brother Hussein Zawahiri. The attack was organized near Abu Basha's home in Cairo,{{cite book|author=Nachman Tal The terrorist group Survivors of Hell claimed the responsibility of the attack. Some members of the group were arrested in August 1987. The group also attempted to kill former interior minister Nabawi Ismail and an Egyptian journalist after the attack. Upon this event, Egypt broke all diplomatic ties with Iran, claiming that the group which perpetrated the attack was financially supported by Iran.{{cite news|author=John Kifner|title=Egypt Breaks All Diplomatic Ties With Iran|work=The New York Times|page=7|date=15 May 1987 ==Personal life and death==

Abu Basha was married and had three children, a son and two daughters.{{cite news|title=Ex-Egyptian interior minister passes away Books Abu Basha published his memoirs in a book entitled Mudhukrat Hasan Abu Basha (Arabic: Memoirs of Hasan Abu Basha) in 1990.{{cite book|author=Hesham Al-Awadi|title=In Pursuit of Legitimacy: The Muslim Brothers and Mubarak, 1982-2000|year=2005|page=233 ==Awards==

Abu Basha was the recipient of the Republic second class medal in 1973 and the second class merit medal in 1979. ==References==