Major General Mamdouh Shahin () is an Egyptian soldier, politician and Assistant Defense Minister for Legal and Constitutional Affairs. He is a member of the

Supreme Council of the Armed Forces The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF; , ', also Higher Council of the Armed Forces) is a Statutory authority, statutory body of between 20 and 25 Senior officer, senior Officer (armed forces), officers of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and ...

(SCAF), and represents the military in the

Constituent Assembly of Egypt The Egyptian Constituent Assembly of 2012 (CA) is the committee for the creation of a new Constitution of Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood had announced that the Constituent Assembly would vote on the constitution on 29 November 2012. The Constitue ...

Biography

After Egyptian President

Hosni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 and the 41st Prime Minister of Egypt, prime minister from 1981 to ...

resigned in February 2011 is response to the Egyptian revolution, the

(SCAF), a 20-member body made up of military leaders took power in Egypt. Two weeks later Shahin, along with Mohamed al-Assar and Mukhtar al-Mulla addressed Egypt on Dream TV in SCAF's first direct address to the public. Shahin was appointed to SCAF in May 2011.Jeff Martini and Julie Taylor, 'Commanding Democracy in Egypt', ''Foreign Affairs'', September/October 2011, pp.127-37 Shahin rose to prominence due to his role as SCAF's legal and constitutional advisor. Many of SCAF's decrees came through his office. He was the military's representative to the

Egyptian Constituent Assembly of 2012 The Egyptian Constituent Assembly of 2012 (CA) is the committee for the creation of a new Constitution of Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood had announced that the Constituent Assembly would vote on the constitution on 29 November 2012. The Constitue ...

. Shahin had previously said in May 2011 that the military should have "some kind of insurance" under the constitution and insisted that it would not be subject to parliamentary scrutiny. After the victory of Muhammad Mursi in the

2012 Egyptian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Egypt in 2012, with the first round on 23 and 24 May 2012 and the second on 16 and 17 June. They were the first democratic presidential elections in Egyptian history. The Muslim Brotherhood declared early 18 J ...

, he retired 70 generals and kept only six members of SCAF, including Shahin. According to military analysts, the move was Mursi attempting to assert authority over the military. Shahin and SCAF member Osama Al-Gindi were caught on audio recordings leaked to

Muslim Brotherhood The Society of the Muslim Brothers ('' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( ', is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar, Imam and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings s ...

-aligned media outlets in December 2014. In a conversation with

Abbas Kamel 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 (EGID) between 2 ...

, Shahin and Gindi discussed fabricating evidence related to Mursi's trial. By 2021, Shahin and Mohamed Hegazy Abdul Mawgoud were the only two military leaders who remained in their positions after the

2013 Egyptian coup d'état The 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat or the Counter-revolutionary, Counter-revolution is an event that took place on 3 July 2013. Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to remove the democratically elected President of Egypt ...

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