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Chief Of Staff Of The Armed Forces (Egypt)
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces () is the second-in-command of the Egyptian Armed Forces, following the Ministry of Defense (Egypt), Minister of Defense and the President of Egypt, President. The Chief of the General Staff typically holds the second-highest military rank in the Armed Forces. The commanders of the Egyptian Navy, Navy, Egyptian Air Force, Air Force and Egyptian Air Defense Forces, Air Defense Forces report to the Chief of the General Staff, while the Egyptian Army, Army is under the direct command of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. List of chiefs The following is a list of chiefs of the General Staff of Egypt since the 1952 Egyptian revolution, Egyptian Revolution of 1952. * Incumbent's time in office last updated: . Timeline See also * Egyptian Armed Forces * Ministry of Defense (Egypt) References {{Authority control Egyptian military-related lists Chiefs of the General Staff (Egypt), * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Egypt
The coat of arms of Egypt () is known as the Eagle of Saladin, Republican Eagle, National Emblem of Egypt or Egyptian Golden Eagle, is a heraldic golden eagle, facing the viewer's left (Dexter and sinister, dexter). The eagle's breast is charged with an Escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon bearing the red-white-black bands of the flag of Egypt rotated vertically, whilst the eagle's talons hold a scroll bearing the official name of the state written in Kufic, Kufic script. The earliest version of the Eagle of Saladin was that used as the flag of Saladin, the first Sultan of Egypt, whilst the modern version of the eagle was adopted during the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Subsequently, the modern design of the eagle of Saladin was adopted as the coat of arms of numerous other states in the Arab World, such as the United Arab Republic, Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, Coat of Arms of Iraq, Iraq, South Yemen, the Coat of arms of Libya, Libyan Arab Republic, and Coat of arms of Palestine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Ismail Ali
Field Marshal Ahmad Ismail Ali (; 14 October 1917 – 25 December 1974) was an Egyptian senior military officer who was Egypt's minister of war during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. He is best known for his planning of the attack across the Suez Canal, code-named Operation Badr. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1938 and was a colleague of both the late President Anwar Sadat and President Gamal Abdel Nasser in the Academy. After graduating with the rank of second lieutenant, he joined the infantry and served in the Second World War and fought in the First Arab-Israeli War, the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Six-Day War. In 1969, he became the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces and then was dismissed by Nasser because of the famous Zafarana incident. Then under President Sadat returned him to the service as head of the General Intelligence, then he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General and became Minister of War in 1972. Military career * Graduated from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedki Sobhy
Sedki Sobhy Sayyid Ahmad ( ; born 12 December 1955) is an Egyptian politician and former General who was Minister of Defence of Egypt from 2014 until 2018. Sobhy previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces from August 2012 to March 2014. He was sworn in as Minister of Defence in March 2014 after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the presidency. He also commanded the Third Army for a time. Military education * Bachelor of military sciences, Egyptian Military Academy * The Advanced course, Egyptian Military Academy * The sophisticated course, Egyptian Military Academy * M.A. of Military sciences, Egyptian Joint Command and staff college * War Course, Fellowship of the Higher War College, Nasser's Military Sciences Academy * Basic Infantry scholarship, United States * Advanced Infantry scholarship, United States * Training planning course, United States * War Course, US Army War College, United States * Multinational forces cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami Hafez Anan
Lieutenant General Sami Hafez Anan (, ; born 27 February 1948) is a retired Egyptian military officer. He was the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces from 2005 until August 2012 when his retirement was announced by President Mohamed Morsi. In January 2018, he announced himself as a candidate in the 2018 Egyptian presidential election, though he was arrested and later released. Early career He commanded a brigade from 1992. From 1990 to 1993 he was the Egyptian Defence Attaché to Morocco. From 1996 to 1998 he reportedly commanded the 5th Air Defence Division. More recently he served as the Commander of the Egyptian Air Defence Forces from 2001 to 2005. He served as Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. 2011 events When the 2011 Egyptian Revolution began in January 2011, Anan was in Washington, D.C. "for a week of meetings with senior American officers". Cutting his visit short, he returned to Egypt on 28 January. As the commander of an army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdy Hatata
Magdy Hatata (born 1941) is an Egyptian military officer who held various positions during the Presidency of Hosni Mubarak. Biography Hatata was born in 1941. He received a master of arts degree in military science and a fellowship of the Nasser Military Academy’s Higher War College. He served as the commander of the second field army. He also headed the Republican Guard being the fifth commander of the guard under Mubarak. He was one of the military personnel fought against Israel in 1973. Hatata was promoted to the rank of the lieutenant general. He was appointed chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces on 31 October 1995 replacing Salah Halabi in the post. Hatata held the post until 31 October 2001 when Hamdy Wahiba was appointed to the post. The same year Hatata was named by the President Hosni Mubarak as the head of Arab Organization for Industrialization The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) () is a company established in 1975 by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salah Halabi
Lieutenant General Salah Mohamed Attia Halabi (; January 30, 1937 – October 26, 2014) was an Egyptian Army officer. he commanded an infantry brigade, an infantry division, the Third Army, and commanded the two-division Corps Sized Egyptian expeditionary force to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. In 1989-91, the Egyptian II Corps under Halabi, at that point a major general, with the 3rd Mechanized Division and the 4th Armoured Division, fought as part of the Arab Joint Forces Command North during Operation Desert Storm. Halabi had been transferred from command of the presidential guard after the initial commander, General Ahmed Bilal, was recalled by Mubarak before the war started because of differences with the Saudi generals.Arab Elites: Negotiating the Politics of Change, 139. After the war, Halabi was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces from 1991-1993, and in retirement directed the Arab Organization for Industrialization The Arab Organization for Industrializat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safi Al-Din Abu Shnaaf
Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf (January 29, 1931March 12, 2018) was an Egyptian military officer who served as the 14th chief of staff of the Egyptian Army from 1987 to 1991. He commanded the 7th Infantry Division before being assigned to a diplomatic mission as part of the Egyptian Military Committee during the Egyptian-Israeli peace negotiations in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Biography Shnaaf was born on January 29, 1931, in Minya Governorate, Egypt. He joined the Egyptian Military College in 1950 and graduated in 1953. He obtained master's degree in military science and a Fellowship from the Higher War College. As a colonel, he commanded the 117th Mechanized Infantry Brigade during the October War. Shnaaf participated in the Suez Crisis, the North Yemen Civil War, the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the 1973 October War. He commanded the Second Army in addition to serving as director of the Organization and Management Authority of the armed forces A military, also k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim El-Orabi
Ibrahim Abdul Ghafour El Orabi (, ); 20 May 1931 – 18 September 2019) was an Egyptian Army Egyptian Army ranks, Lieutenant General and the 13th former Chief of the General Staff (Egypt), Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Ibrahim El-Orabi was a member of the Free Officers Movement (Egypt), Free Officers Movement, as defined by the Egyptian revolution of 1952. He served as the 13th Military Operations Authority (Egypt), Chief of Operations of the Armed Forces, the commander of the Second Army (Egypt), Second Field Army, commander of the 21st Armoured Division, 17 July Revolution, Commander of the Arab Forces in Iraq, and as the commander of the Egyptian Armoured Corps, which was deployed in the North Yemen Civil War. As the chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Orabi was the second highest-ranking military officer in all of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Early life Orabi was born in Gharbia Governorate, Gharbia in 1931 into a politically influential family. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abd Rab El-Nabi
Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez (1930 – March 23, 2022) was an Egyptian military officer known for his role in conflicts in the Middle East, June 1967 War, the War of Attrition, and the October 1973 War. He served as the 11th chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces from 1981 to 1983. Born in 1930 Cairo, Egypt, he obtained a bachelor degree in military science from the Military College. Throughout his career, he assumed several positions, including director of the Infantry School, secretary general of the Ministry of Defense, deputy director of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance, and commander of the 2nd Infantry Division at the Second Army. Biography El-Nabi's military participated in several conflicts throughout his military career, including in the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War. Following this, he commanded 16th Infantry Division of the Second Army during the October War in 1973. He was actively involved in the War of Attrition (1969-1973), a prolonged conflict aimed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala
Muhammad Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (; 15 January 1930 – 6 September 2008) was Defense Minister of Egypt from 1981 to 1989. Abu Ghazala was seated next to Anwar Sadat when the president was assassinated. Early life and education He was born in Zuhur Al Omara village, El Delengat, Beheira Governorate, on 15 January 1930. His family descended from "Awlad Aly" tribe. After completing his secondary education, he joined the Egyptian Royal Military Academy, then he received the battalion command diploma from Stalin Academy in the Soviet Union in 1949. He also graduated from Nasser Academy for higher military education (Cairo 1961). On the civilian studies side, he received a bachelor's degree from the faculty of commerce, Cairo University. Abu Ghazala received the diploma of honor from the National War College in the U.S., thus being the first non-American to receive such an award. Besides his native Arabic, Abu Ghazala was also fluent in English, French and Russian. Career He was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Badawi
Ahmed Badawi Sayyid Ahmed (3 April 1927 – 2 March 1981; ) was an Egyptian Field Marshal (Mushir) and the Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces. Early life Ahmed Badawy was born in the coastal city of Alexandria in 1927. He studied commerce at Alexandria University where he obtained his bachelor's degree, he then traveled to Moscow on a scholarship to the M. V. Frunze Military Academy. Career He became a senior lecturer at the military academy in 1958 but then he was fired from the military service in 1967. President Anwar El-Sadat then asked him to return to military service at the same time as he became a lecturer at Ain Shams University. As a brigadier general, he commanded the 7th Infantry Division during the Yom Kippur War, and after the Third Army became encircled, was placed in command of the cut-off force. The isolated part of the army was made up of the 7th and 19th Infantry Divisions, plus two independent armoured brigades, on the east bank, and a mixture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Aly Fahmy
Mohammed Aly Fahmy (11 October 1920 – 11 September 1999) was an Egyptian field marshal, known as the "Father of the Egyptian Air Defense". Early life, education and early career Fahmy was born in Cairo in 1920. He received a degree in engineering from the Cairo University. Then he graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1940 and from the Air Defense Academy in Kalinin, Soviet Union. Following his qraduation Fahmy was commissioned in a cavalry unit and initially commanded armored platoons and squadrons equipped with Cruiser Mk I, Mk II, Crusader and Sherman tanks. In 1952 he was in command of an armored battalion at Alexandria and was crucial during the July coup. Military years In 1953, he was made an executive staff officer in the Defense Ministry. In 1954 he was promoted to the rank of colonel. From 1955 onwards he became interested in the concept of Air Defense and proposed to President Nasser to further extend the existing Air Defense units in the Army whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
