Magdy Hatata (born 1941) is an Egyptian military officer who held various positions during the

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Biography

Hatata was born in 1941. He received a master of arts degree in military science and a fellowship of the

Nasser Military Academy The Military Academy for Postgraduate and Strategic Studies (Egyptian Arabic: الأكاديمية العسكرية للدراسات العليا والاستراتيجية), formerly Nasser Military Academy (Egyptian Arabic: أكاديمية ن ...

’s Higher War College. He served as the commander of the second field army. He also headed the

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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

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. 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

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. After leaving the office Hatata taught at the Egyptian Army’s Command and General Staff College. In 2011, he was implicated as one of the presidential candidates. However, he declared in December 2011 that he would not run for the office.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatata, Magdy 20th-century Egyptian military personnel 1941 births Living people Egyptian Military Academy alumni Chiefs of the General Staff (Egypt) Lieutenant generals Egyptian people of the Yom Kippur War