Chief of the General Staff (Egypt)

Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces
رئيس الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة المصرية
Incumbent
Lieutenant general Mohamed Farid Hegazy
since 28 October 2017
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 StaffTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
1
Ibrahim, MohammedLieutenant General
Mohamed Ibrahim Selim		September 1952May 19596 years, 8 months–
2
Amer, Abdel HakimField Marshal
Abdel Hakim Amer
(1919–1967)		May 195923 March 19644 years, 10 months–
3
Fawzi, MohamedColonel General
Mohamed Fawzi
(1915–2000)		23 March 196411 June 19673 years, 80 days–
4
Riad, Abdul MunimGeneral
Abdul Munim Riad
(1919–1969)		11 June 19679 March 1969 †1 year, 271 days–
5
Ali, Ahmad IsmailField Marshal
Ahmad Ismail Ali
(1917–1974)		9 March 19699 September 1969184 days–
6
Sadek, Mohammed AhmedColonel General
Mohammed Ahmed Sadek
(1917–1991)		9 September 196915 May 19711 year, 248 days–
7
el-Shazly, SaadColonel General
Saad el-Shazly
(1922–2011)		15 May 197113 December 19732 years, 212 days–
8
el-Gamasy, Mohamed Abdel GhaniField Marshal
Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
(1921–2003)		13 December 197326 December 19741 year, 13 days–
9
Fahmy, Mohammed AliField Marshal
Mohammed Aly Fahmy
(1920–1990)		3 January 19754 October 19783 years, 274 days–
10
Badawi, AhmedField Marshal
Ahmed Badawi
(1927–1981)		4 October 197814 May 19801 year, 223 days–
11
Ghazala, Abd al-Halim AbuField Marshal
Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala
(1930–2008)		14 May 19802 March 1981292 days–
12
Hafez, Abd Rab el-NabiLieutenant General
Abdul Rabi Al-Nabi Hafez		2 March 198116 July 19832 years, 136 days–
13
El-Orabi, IbrahimLieutenant General
Ibrahim El-Orabi
(born 1931)		16 July 198312 August 19874 years, 58 days–
14
Hafez, Abd Rab el-NabiLieutenant General
Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf		12 August 198720 May 19913 years, 250 days–
14
Halabi, SalahLieutenant General
Salah Halabi
(1937–2014)		20 May 199119953–4 years–
15
Halabi, SalahLieutenant General
Magdy Hatata
(born 1941)		199520013–4 years–
16
Halabi, SalahLieutenant General
Hamdy Wahiba		200130 October 20053–4 years–
16
Halabi, SalahLieutenant General
Sami Hafez Anan
(born 1948)		30 October 200512 August 20126 years, 318 days[1]
16
Sobhy, SedkiGeneral
Sedki Sobhy
(born 1955)		12 August 201226 March 20141 year, 195 days[2]
17
Hegazy, MahmoudLieutenant General
Mahmoud Hegazy
(born 1953)		26 March 201428 October 20173 years, 216 days[3]
18
Hegazy, Mohamed FaridLieutenant General
Mohamed Farid Hegazy
(born 1953)		28 October 2017Incumbent350 days[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Egypt's Morsi fires defence minister Tantawi". Al Jazeera English. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sedki Sobhi sworn in as Egypt's new military chief". BBC. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mahmoud Hegazy appointed new army chief-of-staff". State Information Services. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "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. AFP. October 28, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017. and "Egypt announces reshuffle in top security ranks". Reuters. October 28, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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