Kamal Rifaat joined the
Egyptian army in 1941 and served there until 1945. Then he worked in
Khartoum, Sudan, in a secret organization to resist the British occupation. Rifaat was also made the chairman of the Dar Akhbar Al Youm company, publisher of the
Akhbar Al Youm newspaper, in 1960 when all publications in the country were nationalized. He was also made acting minister of social affairs on 12 October 1961 when Syrian ministers vacated their posts in the cabinet. Rifaat was one of the twelve members of this council. Between 1971 and 1973 Rifaat was the ambassador of Egypt to the United Kingdom. In 1976, he co-founded the
National Progressive Unionist Party with
Khaled Mohieddin, another member of the Revolution Command Council, known as Free Officers Movement. In addition, he stated that these operations should be "connected and coordinated with the overall Arab plans for the liberation of Filastin." ==Death and honors==