Mahmoud Hegazy

Mahmoud Hegazy
محمود حجازى
Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
In office
26 March 2014  28 October 2017
President Adly Mansour (Acting)
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab
Commander Sedki Sobhi
Preceded by Sedki Sobhi
Succeeded by Mohammed Farid Hegazy
Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces
In office
27 March 2014  28 October 2017
President Adly Mansour (Acting)
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab
Preceded by Sedki Sobhi
Succeeded by Mohammed Farid Hegazy
Chief of the Egyptian Military Intelligence
In office
12 August 2012  27 March 2014
President Mohamed Morsi
Adly Mansour (Acting)
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil
Hazem Al Beblawi (Acting)
Ibrahim Mahlab (Acting)
Preceded by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Personal details
Born (1956-05-11) 11 May 1956
Awards Awards and Decorations
Military service
Allegiance  Egypt
Service/branch Egyptian Army
Years of service 1977–present
Rank

Lieutenant General
Unit Armoured Corps
Commands Main Command positions
Battles/wars Gulf War
Sinai Insurgency
2015 Egyptian military intervention in Libya
Intervention in Yemen

Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud Hegazy (Arabic: محمود إبراهيم محمود حجازى) (born 1956) is an Egyptian general who was the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces from 2014 to 2017. Hegazy graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1977, and served as the Chief of the Egyptian Military intelligence before his appointment as Chief of Staff by the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[1] He is related to Sisi through the marriage of their respective children. Mahmoud Hegazy was replaced in 2017 by Mohammed Farid Hegazy in a shakeup of high level security personnel. No reason was given for the changes, but since 2013, Egypt has been fighting an ongoing Islamist insurgency that has killed of hundreds of policemen and soldiers. A week before the dismissal, sixteen policemen were killed during a police operation in the western desert of Giza province, and two high level security personnel for Giza were also dismissed. Hegazy was given a position of security advisor to the president.[2] [3]

Military education

Source:[4]

Main commands

  • Armored Battalion, commander
  • Armored Brigade, Chief of staff
  • Armored Brigade, commander
  • Armored Division, Chief of staff
  • Defense Attache, England
  • Armored Division, commander
  • Western Military Region, Chief of staff
  • Western Military Region, commander
  • Management and administration authority, Chief
  • Military Intelligence, Chief

Source: [4]

Awards and Decorations

  • 25 April Decoration (Liberation of Sinai)
  • Distinguished Service Decoration
  • Military Duty Decoration, Third Class
  • Military Duty Decoration, Second Class
  • Military Duty Decoration, First Class
  • Distinguished Tank Commanders Badge, First Class
  • Longevity and Exemplary Medal
  • Liberation of Kuwait Medal
  • Silver Jubilee of October War Medal
  • Golden Jubilee of the 23rd of July Revolution
  • Silver Jubilee of the Liberation of Sinai Medal
  • 25 January Revolution Medal

Source:[5]

References

  1. "Mahmoud Hegazy appointed new army chief-of-staff". State Information Services. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. "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.
  3. "Egypt announces reshuffle in top security ranks". Reuters. October 28, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Profile: Hegazy". Egyptian Ministry of Defense.
  5. "About Hegazy". Egyptian Ministry of Defense. (in Arabic)
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