Overview
Mohieddin attended Military College in 1938 and was a Staff College Graduate in 1948. He was the Professional Army Professor of Tactics in the Officers Military College from 1940–1943 and again from 1950-1951. He was also the Professor of Tactics in the Officers Staff College from 1951–1952.
In 1967, Mohieddin was appointed by president Gamal Abdel Nasser to take over position of president after Nasser's resignation, an appointment he refused. In 1968, he resigned from all positions and quit public life.
As of 2005, after the death of Hussein El-Shafei and until his own death in 2012, he and his first cousin Khaled Mohieddin were the last two surviving members of the Revolutionary Command Council.
On 15 May 2012, Mohieddin died at the age of 93.
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