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Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Egypt)

The Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces (Egyptian Arabic: رئيس أركان حرب القوات المسلحة, romanized: Rayiys 'arkan harb alquaat almusalaha) is second in command after the Minister of Defense and the President. He usually holds the second highest military rank. Commanders of the Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Forces are under his command, the land forces are under the direct command of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.

List of chiefs

The following is a list of chiefs of the General Staff of Egypt since the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.

* Incumbent's time in office last updated: 21 September 2024.

Timeline

Ahmed Fathy KhalifaOsama AskarMohammed Farid HegazyMahmoud HegazySedki SobhySami Hafez AnanHamdy WahibaMagdy HatataSalah HalabiSafi al-Din Abu ShnaafIbrahim El-OrabiAbd Rab el-Nabi HafezAbd Al-Halim Abu-GhazalaAhmed BadawiMohammed Aly FahmyMohamed Abdel Ghani el-GamasySaad el-ShazlyMohammed Ahmed SadekAhmad Ismail AliAbdul Munim RiadMohamed FawziAbdel Hakim AmerMohamed Ibrahim Selim

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Egypt's Morsi fires defence minister Tantawi". Al Jazeera English. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Sedki Sobhi sworn in as Egypt's new military chief". BBC. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Mahmoud Hegazy appointed new army chief-of-staff". State Information Services. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  5. ^ "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. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017. and "Egypt announces reshuffle in top security ranks". Reuters. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Egypt's Sisi appoints new armed forces chief of staff - presidency". Reuters.
  7. ^ "President El-Sisi Issues Decree to Appoint New Armed Forces Chief of Staff". presidency.eg. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.