Major General Abbas Kamel (; born 1957) is an Egyptian retired military officer who serves as a presidential adviser and coordinator for security apparatuses. He was the Director of the
Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate
The General Intelligence Service ( ; GIS), often referred to as the Mukhabarat ( ) is an Egyptian intelligence agency, and secret police force, responsible for providing national security intelligence, both domestically and internationally.Sul ...
(EGID) between 2018 and 2024. He was previously the Chief of Staff to the President
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has been serving as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014.
After the 2011 Egyptian revolution and 201 ...
.
Education
Abbas Kamel graduated from Military college in 1978, then served as an officer in the armored corps. He received an advanced armament course from the United States of America. He also had strategy courses for
s from the
Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Career
Kamel was the Deputy Egyptian Defense Attaché at the Egyptian embassy in the
Czech Republic
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. He worked in the
Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance of the Military Attaché Department until assuming the chairmanship of the branch.
Kamel became the Director of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in 2012. In 2014, he served as the Chief of Staff to the President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, until his appointment as Head of the General Intelligence Service in 2018.
In May 2021, Kamel met Israeli and Palestinian officials following the
Israel–Palestine crisis. In August 2021, he met Israeli Prime Minister
Naftali Bennett
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and Defense Minister
Benny Gantz
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to prevent new clashes with
Hamas
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.
On October 16 2024, El Sisi appointed Abbas Kamel as the presidential advisor and coordinator of security apparatuses.
Awards
Kamel was honored with the longest service medal and a second-class
Order of the Republic, as well as a medal from the
Brazil
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ian State.
References
External links
Abbas Kamel, the ubiquitous spy chief consolidating Sisi's power Intelligence Online, January 20, 2023 (requires free registration)
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1957 births
Living people
Egyptian military leaders
Directors of the General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt)
Egyptian spies