Chief of the General Staff (Egypt)

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 Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Forces are under his command.

Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces رئيس الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة المصرية
Coat of arms of Egypt
Incumbent Lieutenant general Mohammed 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	9 September 1952 (9 September 1952)
First holder	Lieutenant general Mohamed Ibrahim Selim
Website	Official website

List of chiefs

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

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref
1		Ibrahim, MohammedLieutenant General Mohamed Ibrahim Selim	9 September 1952	8 May 1959	6 years, 241 days	[1]
2		Amer, Abdel HakimLieutenant General Abdel Hakim Amer (1919–1967)	9 May 1959	24 March 1964	4 years, 320 days	[1]
3		Fawzi, MohamedLieutenant General Mohamed Fawzi (1915–2000)	24 March 1964	10 June 1967	3 years, 78 days	[1]
4		Riad, Abdul MunimLieutenant General Abdul Munim Riad (1919–1969)	11 June 1967	9 March 1969 †	1 year, 271 days	[1]
5		Ali, Ahmad IsmailLieutenant General Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974)	10 March 1969	11 September 1969	185 days	[1]
6		Sadek, Mohammed AhmedLieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1917–1991)	11 September 1969	11 May 1971	1 year, 248 days	[1]
7		el-Shazly, SaadLieutenant General Saad el-Shazly (1922–2011)	14 May 1971	12 December 1973	2 years, 212 days	[1]
8		el-Gamasy, Mohamed Abdel GhaniLieutenant General Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1921–2003)	12 December 1973	26 December 1974	1 year, 14 days	[1]
9		Fahmy, Mohammed AliLieutenant General Mohammed Aly Fahmy (1920–1990)	28 December 1974	4 October 1978	3 years, 280 days	[1]
10		Badawi, AhmedLieutenant General Ahmed Badawi (1927–1981)	5 October 1978	14 May 1980	1 year, 222 days	[1]
11		Ghazala, Abd Al-Halim AbuLieutenant General Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (1930–2008)	17 May 1980	3 March 1981	293 days	[1]
12		Hafez, Abd Rab el-NabiLieutenant General Abdul Rabi Al-Nabi Hafez (born 1930)	4 March 1981	16 July 1983	2 years, 134 days	[1]
13		El-Orabi, IbrahimLieutenant General Ibrahim El-Orabi (born 1931)	16 July 1983	13 August 1987	4 years, 59 days	[1]
14		Hafez, Abd Rab el-NabiLieutenant General Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf (1931–2018)	13 August 1987	20 May 1991	3 years, 249 days	[1]
14		Halabi, SalahLieutenant General Salah Halabi (1937–2014)	20 May 1991	30 October 1995	4 years, 163 days	[1]
15		Halabi, SalahLieutenant General Magdy Hatata (born 1941)	31 October 1995	31 October 2001	6 years, 0 days	[1]
16		Halabi, SalahLieutenant General Hamdy Wahiba	31 October 2001	29 October 2005	3 years, 363 days	[1]
16		Halabi, SalahLieutenant General Sami Hafez Anan (born 1948)	30 October 2005	12 August 2012	6 years, 318 days	[1][2]
16		Sobhy, SedkiLieutenant General Sedki Sobhy (born 1955)	12 August 2012	27 March 2014	1 year, 196 days	[1][3]
17		Hegazy, MahmoudLieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy (born 1953)	27 March 2014	28 October 2017	3 years, 216 days	[1][4]
18		Hegazy, Mohamed FaridLieutenant General Mohammed Farid Hegazy (born 1954)	28 October 2017	Incumbent	2 years, 293 days	[5]

See also

• Egyptian Armed Forces
• Ministry of Defence and Military Production

References

1. "Former Chiefs of Staff". mod.gov.eg. Egyptian Ministry Of Defense. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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. October 28, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017. and "Egypt announces reshuffle in top security ranks". Reuters. October 28, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.