Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Egypt)
| Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces | |
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| رئيس الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة المصرية | |
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| Egyptian Armed Forces | |
| Member of | General Staff Supreme Council of the Armed Forces |
| Reports to | Minister of Defence |
| Seat | Cairo, Egypt |
| Appointer | President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Formation | 9 September 1952 |
| First holder | Lieutenant general Mohamed Ibrahim Selim |
| Website | Official website |
The Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces is second in command after the Minister of Defence and the President. He usually holds the second highest military rank. Commanders of the Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Forces are under his command.
List of chiefs
The following is a list of chiefs of the General Staff of Egypt since the Egyptian revolution of 1952.
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lieutenant General Mohamed Ibrahim Selim | 9 September 1952 | 8 May 1959 | 6 years, 241 days | [1] | |
| 2 | Lieutenant General Abdel Hakim Amer (1919–1967) | 9 May 1959 | 24 March 1964 | 4 years, 320 days | [1] | |
| 3 | Lieutenant General Mohamed Fawzi (1915–2000) | 24 March 1964 | 10 June 1967 | 3 years, 78 days | [1] | |
| 4 | Lieutenant General Abdul Munim Riad (1919–1969) | 11 June 1967 | 9 March 1969 † | 1 year, 271 days | [1] | |
| 5 | Lieutenant General Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974) | 10 March 1969 | 11 September 1969 | 185 days | [1] | |
| 6 | Lieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1917–1991) | 11 September 1969 | 11 May 1971 | 1 year, 248 days | [1] | |
| 7 | Lieutenant General Saad el-Shazly (1922–2011) | 14 May 1971 | 12 December 1973 | 2 years, 212 days | [1] | |
| 8 | Lieutenant General Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1921–2003) | 12 December 1973 | 26 December 1974 | 1 year, 14 days | [1] | |
| 9 | Lieutenant General Mohammed Aly Fahmy (1920–1990) | 28 December 1974 | 4 October 1978 | 3 years, 280 days | [1] | |
| 10 | Lieutenant General Ahmed Badawi (1927–1981) | 5 October 1978 | 14 May 1980 | 1 year, 222 days | [1] | |
| 11 | Lieutenant General Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (1930–2008) | 17 May 1980 | 3 March 1981 | 293 days | [1] | |
| 12 | Lieutenant General Abdul Rabi Al-Nabi Hafez (born 1930) | 4 March 1981 | 16 July 1983 | 2 years, 134 days | [1] | |
| 13 | Lieutenant General Ibrahim El-Orabi (born 1931) | 16 July 1983 | 13 August 1987 | 4 years, 59 days | [1] | |
| 14 | Lieutenant General Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf (1931–2018) | 13 August 1987 | 20 May 1991 | 3 years, 249 days | [1] | |
| 14 | Lieutenant General Salah Halabi (1937–2014) | 20 May 1991 | 30 October 1995 | 4 years, 163 days | [1] | |
| 15 | Lieutenant General Magdy Hatata (born 1941) | 31 October 1995 | 31 October 2001 | 6 years, 0 days | [1] | |
| 16 | Lieutenant General Hamdy Wahiba | 31 October 2001 | 29 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days | [1] | |
| 16 | Lieutenant General Sami Hafez Anan (born 1948) | 30 October 2005 | 12 August 2012 | 6 years, 318 days | [1][2] | |
| 16 | Lieutenant General Sedki Sobhy (born 1955) | 12 August 2012 | 27 March 2014 | 1 year, 196 days | [1][3] | |
| 17 | Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy (born 1953) | 27 March 2014 | 28 October 2017 | 3 years, 216 days | [1][4] | |
| 18 | Lieutenant General Mohammed Farid Hegazy (born 1954) | 28 October 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 237 days | [5] |
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Former Chiefs of Staff". mod.gov.eg. Egyptian Ministry Of Defense. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Egypt's Morsi fires defence minister Tantawi". Al Jazeera English. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Sedki Sobhi sworn in as Egypt's new military chief". BBC. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Mahmoud Hegazy appointed new army chief-of-staff". State Information Services. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Egypt's Sissi names new armed forces chief of staff; No reasons given for change of top soldier, seen as a major shift in the military establishment". The Times of Israel. AFP. October 28, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017. and "Egypt announces reshuffle in top security ranks". Reuters. October 28, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.