Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Egypt)

Chief of staff of the Egyptian armed forces

Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces

رئيس أركان حرب القوات المسلحة

Coat of arms of Egypt

Incumbent
Lieutenant General Osama Askar

since 27 October 2021

Egyptian Armed Forces
Member of| General Staff
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Reports to| Minister of Defense
Seat| Cairo
Appointer| President of Egypt
Formation| 9 September 1952 (9 September 1952)
First holder| Lieutenant General Mohamed Ibrahim Selim
Website| Official website

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.

## List of chiefs

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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 | Defence branch | Ref.

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| Salim, Mohamed IbrahimLieutenant General
Mohamed Ibrahim Selim
(1916–?)| 9 September 1952| 8 May 1959| 6 years, 241 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]

| Amer, Abdel HakimLieutenant General
Abdel Hakim Amer
(1919–1967)| 9 May 1959| 24 March 1964| 4 years, 320 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]

| Fawzi, MohamedLieutenant General
Mohamed Fawzi
(1915–2000)| 24 March 1964| 10 June 1967| 3 years, 78 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]

| Riad, Abdul MunimLieutenant General
Abdul Munim Riad
(1919–1969)| 11 June 1967| 9 March 1969 †| 1 year, 271 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]

| Ali, Ahmad IsmailLieutenant General
Ahmad Ismail Ali
(1917–1974)| 10 March 1969| 11 September 1969| 185 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]

| Sadek, Mohammed AhmedLieutenant General
Mohammed Ahmed Sadek
(1917–1991)| 11 September 1969| 11 May 1971| 1 year, 242 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]

| el-Shazly, SaadLieutenant General
Saad el-Shazly
(1922–2011)| 14 May 1971| 12 December 1973| 2 years, 212 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]

| el-Gamasy, Mohamed Abdel GhaniLieutenant General
Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
(1921–2003)| 12 December 1973| 26 December 1974| 1 year, 14 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]

| Fahmy, Mohammed AliLieutenant General
Mohammed Aly Fahmy
(1920–1990)| 28 December 1974| 4 October 1978| 3 years, 280 days|  Egyptian Air Defense Forces| [1]
10|

| Badawi, AhmedLieutenant General
Ahmed Badawi
(1927–1981)| 5 October 1978| 14 May 1980| 1 year, 222 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]
11|

| Ghazala, Abd Al-Halim AbuLieutenant General
Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala
(1930–2008)| 17 May 1980| 3 March 1981| 293 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]
12|

| Hafez, Abd Rab Al-NabiLieutenant General
Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez [ar]
(1930–2022)| 4 March 1981| 16 July 1983| 2 years, 134 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]
13|

| El-Orabi, IbrahimLieutenant General
Ibrahim El-Orabi
(1931–2019)| 16 July 1983| 13 August 1987| 4 years, 59 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]
14|

| Shnaaf, Safi al-Din AbuLieutenant General
Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf [ar]
(1931–2018)| 13 August 1987| 20 May 1991| 3 years, 249 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]
14|

| Halabi, SalahLieutenant General
Salah Halabi
(1937–2014)| 20 May 1991| 30 October 1995| 4 years, 163 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]
15|

| Hatata, MagdyLieutenant General
Magdy Hatata
(born 1941)| 31 October 1995| 31 October 2001| 6 years|  Egyptian Army| [1]
16|

| Wahiba, HamdyLieutenant General
Hamdy Wahiba| 31 October 2001| 29 October 2005| 3 years, 363 days|  Egyptian Army| [1]
16|

| Anan, SamiLieutenant General
Sami Hafez Anan
(born 1948)| 30 October 2005| 12 August 2012| 6 years, 287 days|  Egyptian Air Defense Forces| [1][2]
16|

| Sobhy, SedkiLieutenant General
Sedki Sobhy
(born 1955)| 12 August 2012| 27 March 2014| 1 year, 196 days|  Egyptian Army| [1][3]
17|

| Hegazy, MahmoudLieutenant General
Mahmoud Hegazy
(born 1953)| 27 March 2014| 28 October 2017| 3 years, 215 days|  Egyptian Army| [1][4]
18|

| Hegazy, Mohammed FaridLieutenant General
Mohammed Farid Hegazy
(born 1954)| 28 October 2017| 27 October 2021| 3 years, 364 days|  Egyptian Army| [5]
19|

| Askar, OsamaLieutenant General
Osama Askar
(born 1957)| 27 October 2021| Incumbent| 2 years, 289 days*|  Egyptian Army| [6]

* Incumbent's time in office last updated: 11 August 2024.

### Timeline

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## See also

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* Egypt portal

* Egyptian Armed Forces
* Ministry of Defense (Egypt)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "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. 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.

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Commanders of the Egyptian Armed Forces since the Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Ministers of Defense &
Commanders-in-Chief|

* Mohamed Naguib (1952–53)
* Abdel Latif Boghdadi (1953–54)
* Abdel Hakim Amer (1954)
* Hussein el-Shafei (1954)
* Abdel Hakim Amer (1954–62)
* Abdel Wahab el-Beshry (1962–66)
* Shams Badran (1966–67)
* Abdel Wahab el-Beshry (1967)
* Amin Howeidi (1967–68)
* Mohamed Fawzi (1968–71)
* Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1971–72)
* Ahmad Ismail Ali (1972–74)
* Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1974–78)
* Kamal Hassan Ali (1978–80)
* Ahmed Badawi (1980–81)
* Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (1981–89)
* Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb (1989–91)
* Muhammad Hussein Tantawy (1991–2012)
* Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2012–14)
* Sedki Sobhy (2014–18)
* Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (2018–24)
* Abdel Mageed Saqr (2024–present)

Chiefs of Staff of
the Armed Forces|

* Mohamed Ibrahim Selim (1952–59)
* Abdel Hakim Amer (1959–64)
* Mohamed Fawzi (1964–67)
* Abdul Munim Riad (1967–69)
* Ahmad Ismail Ali (1969)
* Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1969–71)
* Saad el-Shazly (1971–73)
* Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1973–74)
* Mohammed Aly Fahmy (1974–78)
* Ahmed Badawi (1978–80)
* Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (1980–81)
* Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez (1981–83)
* Ibrahim El-Orabi (1983–87)
* Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf (1987–91)
* Salah Halabi (1991–95)
* Magdy Hatata (1995–2001)
* Hamdy Wahiba (2001–05)
* Sami Hafez Anan (2005–12)
* Sedki Sobhy (2012–14)
* Mahmoud Hegazy (2014–17)
* Mohammed Farid Hegazy (2017–21)
* Osama Askar (2021–24)
* Ahmed Fathy Khalifa (2024–present)

Italics indicate interim officeholder

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Chiefs of defence by country

Chief of Defence

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

states with
limited recognition|

* Somaliland

former|

* Biafra
* Bophuthatswana
* Ciskei
* British Egypt
* Ethiopian Empire
* Rhodesia
* Transkei
* Venda
* Zaire

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Secretariat of National Defense
* Secretariat of the Navy
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* PR of China
* East Timor
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* AJA
* IRGC
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

states with
limited recognition|

* Republic of China (Taiwan)

former|

* Democratic Kampuchea
* Imperial Japan
* Mengjiang
* Manchukuo
* South Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Georgia
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican

states with
limited recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Artsakh
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

former|

* Austria–Hungary
* Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Independent State of Croatia
* Czechoslovakia
* Prussia
* Imperial Germany
* Nazi Germany
* East Germany
* Ottoman Empire
* Russian Empire
* Republika Srpska
* Republic of Serb Krajina
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

Supranational|

* European Union
* NATO

former|

* Warsaw Pact

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Chiefs of the army by country

* Chief of Army Staff

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Former|

* Biafra
* Bophuthatswana
* Ciskei
* British Egypt
* Ethiopian Empire
* Rhodesia
* Transkei
* Venda
* Zaire

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Former|

* Confederate States

Asia|

* Abkhazia
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* PR of China
* East Timor
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* NEZAJA
* NEZSA
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Former|

* Democratic Kampuchea
* Imperial Japan
* Mengjiang
* Manchukuo
* South Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Georgia
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican

Former|

* Austria–Hungary
* Independent State of Croatia
* Czechoslovakia
* Prussia
* Imperial Germany
* Weimar Republic
* Nazi Germany
* East Germany
* Ottoman Empire
* Russian Empire
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

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