Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Egypt)
Appearance
Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces | |
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رئيس الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة المصرية | |
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since 28 October 2017 | |
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. |
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1 | Mohamed Ibrahim Selim | Lieutenant General9 September 1952 | 8 May 1959 | 6 years, 241 days | [1] | |
2 | Abdel Hakim Amer (1919–1967) | Lieutenant General9 May 1959 | 24 March 1964 | 4 years, 320 days | [1] | |
3 | Mohamed Fawzi (1915–2000) | Lieutenant General24 March 1964 | 10 June 1967 | 3 years, 78 days | [1] | |
4 | Abdul Munim Riad (1919–1969) | Lieutenant General11 June 1967 | 9 March 1969 † | 1 year, 271 days | [1] | |
5 | Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974) | Lieutenant General10 March 1969 | 11 September 1969 | 185 days | [1] | |
6 | Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1917–1991) | Lieutenant General11 September 1969 | 11 May 1971 | 1 year, 248 days | [1] | |
7 | Saad el-Shazly (1922–2011) | Lieutenant General14 May 1971 | 12 December 1973 | 2 years, 212 days | [1] | |
8 | Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1921–2003) | Lieutenant General12 December 1973 | 26 December 1974 | 1 year, 14 days | [1] | |
9 | Mohammed Aly Fahmy (1920–1990) | Lieutenant General28 December 1974 | 4 October 1978 | 3 years, 280 days | [1] | |
10 | Ahmed Badawi (1927–1981) | Lieutenant General5 October 1978 | 14 May 1980 | 1 year, 222 days | [1] | |
11 | Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (1930–2008) | Lieutenant General17 May 1980 | 3 March 1981 | 293 days | [1] | |
12 | Abdul Rabi Al-Nabi Hafez (born 1930) | Lieutenant General4 March 1981 | 16 July 1983 | 2 years, 134 days | [1] | |
13 | Ibrahim El-Orabi (born 1931) | Lieutenant General16 July 1983 | 13 August 1987 | 4 years, 59 days | [1] | |
14 | Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf (1931–2018) | Lieutenant General13 August 1987 | 20 May 1991 | 3 years, 249 days | [1] | |
14 | Salah Halabi (1937–2014) | Lieutenant General20 May 1991 | 30 October 1995 | 4 years, 163 days | [1] | |
15 | Magdy Hatata (born 1941) | Lieutenant General31 October 1995 | 31 October 2001 | 6 years, 0 days | [1] | |
16 | Hamdy Wahiba | Lieutenant General31 October 2001 | 29 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days | [1] | |
16 | Sami Hafez Anan (born 1948) | Lieutenant General30 October 2005 | 12 August 2012 | 6 years, 318 days | [1][2] | |
16 | Sedki Sobhy (born 1955) | Lieutenant General12 August 2012 | 27 March 2014 | 1 year, 196 days | [1][3] | |
17 | Mahmoud Hegazy (born 1953) | Lieutenant General27 March 2014 | 28 October 2017 | 3 years, 216 days | [1][4] | |
18 | Mohammed Farid Hegazy (born 1954) | Lieutenant General28 October 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 306 days | [5] |
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.