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
Incumbent
Lieutenant general Mohamed Farid Hegazy
since 28 October 2017
Egyptian Armed Forces
Member ofGeneral Staff
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Reports toMinister of Defence
SeatCairo, Egypt
AppointerPresident of Egypt
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Formation9 September 1952 (9 September 1952)
First holderLieutenant general Mohamed Ibrahim Selim
WebsiteOfficial 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 StaffTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branchRef
1
Ibrahim, MohammedLieutenant General
Mohamed Ibrahim Selim		9 September 19528 May 19596 years, 241 days Egyptian Army[1]
2
Amer, Abdel HakimLieutenant General
Abdel Hakim Amer
(1919–1967)		9 May 195924 March 19644 years, 320 days Egyptian Army[1]
3
Fawzi, MohamedLieutenant General
Mohamed Fawzi
(1915–2000)		24 March 196410 June 19673 years, 78 days Egyptian Army[1]
4
Riad, Abdul MunimLieutenant General
Abdul Munim Riad
(1919–1969)		11 June 19679 March 1969 †1 year, 271 days Egyptian Army[1]
5
Ali, Ahmad IsmailLieutenant General
Ahmad Ismail Ali
(1917–1974)		10 March 196911 September 1969185 days Egyptian Army[1]
6
Sadek, Mohammed AhmedLieutenant General
Mohammed Ahmed Sadek
(1917–1991)		11 September 196911 May 19711 year, 248 days Egyptian Army[1]
7
el-Shazly, SaadLieutenant General
Saad el-Shazly
(1922–2011)		14 May 197112 December 19732 years, 212 days Egyptian Army[1]
8
el-Gamasy, Mohamed Abdel GhaniLieutenant General
Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
(1921–2003)		12 December 197326 December 19741 year, 14 days Egyptian Army[1]
9
Fahmy, Mohammed AliLieutenant General
Mohammed Aly Fahmy
(1920–1990)		28 December 19744 October 19783 years, 280 days Egyptian Air Defense Forces[1]
10
Badawi, AhmedLieutenant General
Ahmed Badawi
(1927–1981)		5 October 197814 May 19801 year, 222 days Egyptian Army[1]
11
Ghazala, Abd Al-Halim AbuLieutenant General
Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala
(1930–2008)		17 May 19803 March 1981293 days Egyptian Army[1]
12
Hafez, Abd Rab Al-NabiLieutenant General
Abdul Rabi Al-Nabi Hafez
(born 1930)		4 March 198116 July 19832 years, 134 days Egyptian Army[1]
13
El-Orabi, IbrahimLieutenant General
Ibrahim El-Orabi
(1931–2019)		16 July 198313 August 19874 years, 59 days Egyptian Army[1]
14
Shnaaf, Safi al-Din AbuLieutenant General
Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf
(1931–2018)		13 August 198720 May 19913 years, 249 days Egyptian Army[1]
14
Halabi, SalahLieutenant General
Salah Halabi
(1937–2014)		20 May 199130 October 19954 years, 163 days Egyptian Army[1]
15
Hatata, MagdyLieutenant General
Magdy Hatata
(born 1941)		31 October 199531 October 20016 years, 0 days Egyptian Army[1]
16
Wahiba, HamdyLieutenant General
Hamdy Wahiba		31 October 200129 October 20053 years, 363 days Egyptian Army[1]
16
Anan, SamiLieutenant General
Sami Hafez Anan
(born 1948)		30 October 200512 August 20126 years, 318 days Egyptian Air Defense Forces[1][2]
16
Sobhy, SedkiLieutenant General
Sedki Sobhy
(born 1955)		12 August 201227 March 20141 year, 196 days Egyptian Army[1][3]
17
Hegazy, MahmoudLieutenant General
Mahmoud Hegazy
(born 1953)		27 March 201428 October 20173 years, 216 days Egyptian Army[1][4]
18
Hegazy, Mohamed FaridLieutenant General
Mohamed Farid Hegazy
(born 1954)		28 October 2017Incumbent3 years, 99 days Egyptian Army[5]

See also

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.
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