| Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| رئيس الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة المصرية | |
| 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 | September 1952 |
| First holder | Lieutenant general Mohamed Ibrahim Selim |
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 naval forces, air forces 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.
| № | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lieutenant General Mohamed Ibrahim Selim | September 1952 | May 1959 | 6 years, 8 months | – | |
| 2 | Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer (1919–1967) | May 1959 | 23 March 1964 | 4 years, 10 months | – | |
| 3 | Colonel General Mohamed Fawzi (1915–2000) | 23 March 1964 | 11 June 1967 | 3 years, 80 days | – | |
| 4 | General Abdul Munim Riad (1919–1969) | 11 June 1967 | 9 March 1969 † | 1 year, 271 days | – | |
| 5 | Field Marshal Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974) | 9 March 1969 | 9 September 1969 | 184 days | – | |
| 6 | Colonel General Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1917–1991) | 9 September 1969 | 15 May 1971 | 1 year, 248 days | – | |
| 7 | Colonel General Saad el-Shazly (1922–2011) | 15 May 1971 | 13 December 1973 | 2 years, 212 days | – | |
| 8 | Field Marshal Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1921–2003) | 13 December 1973 | 26 December 1974 | 1 year, 13 days | – | |
| 9 | Field Marshal Mohammed Aly Fahmy (1920–1990) | 3 January 1975 | 4 October 1978 | 3 years, 274 days | – | |
| 10 | Field Marshal Ahmed Badawi (1927–1981) | 4 October 1978 | 14 May 1980 | 1 year, 223 days | – | |
| 11 | Field Marshal Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala (1930–2008) | 14 May 1980 | 2 March 1981 | 292 days | – | |
| 12 | Lieutenant General Abdul Rabi Al-Nabi Hafez | 2 March 1981 | 16 July 1983 | 2 years, 136 days | – | |
| 13 | Lieutenant General Ibrahim El-Orabi (born 1931) | 16 July 1983 | 12 August 1987 | 4 years, 58 days | – | |
| 14 | Lieutenant General Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf | 12 August 1987 | 20 May 1991 | 3 years, 250 days | – | |
| 14 | Lieutenant General Salah Halabi (1937–2014) | 20 May 1991 | 1995 | 3–4 years | – | |
| 15 | Lieutenant General Magdy Hatata (born 1941) | 1995 | 2001 | 3–4 years | – | |
| 16 | Lieutenant General Hamdy Wahiba | 2001 | 30 October 2005 | 3–4 years | – | |
| 16 | Lieutenant General Sami Hafez Anan (born 1948) | 30 October 2005 | 12 August 2012 | 6 years, 318 days | [1] | |
| 16 | General Sedki Sobhy (born 1955) | 12 August 2012 | 26 March 2014 | 1 year, 195 days | [2] | |
| 17 | Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy (born 1953) | 26 March 2014 | 28 October 2017 | 3 years, 216 days | [3] | |
| 18 | Lieutenant General Mohamed Farid Hegazy (born 1953) | 28 October 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 349 days | [4] |
![Abdul Rabi Al-Nabi Hafez [ar]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Abd_Rab_el-Nabi.jpg)
![Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf [ar]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Blank.png)
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Egypt's Morsi fires defence minister Tantawi". Al Jazeera English. 12 August 2012. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/201281215511142445.html. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Sedki Sobhi sworn in as Egypt's new military chief". BBC. 27 March 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26774458. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ "Mahmoud Hegazy appointed new army chief-of-staff". State Information Services. 27 March 2014. http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticleNews.aspx?ArtID=76889#.UzSlc84Vgb4. 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. October 28, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-sisi-names-new-armed-forces-chief-of-staff/. and "Egypt announces reshuffle in top security ranks". October 28, 2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-military/egypt-announces-reshuffle-in-top-security-ranks-idUSKBN1CX0LC.
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