Abdel Mageed Saqr
Egyptian Minister of Defense
عبد المجيد صقرSaqr in 2024
Incumbent
3 July 2024
29 August 2018 – 2 July 2024
Abdel Mageed Ahmed Abdel Mageed Saqr (Arabic: عبد المجيد أحمد عبد المجيد صقر; (27 June 1955 - ) is an Egyptian colonel general who is the current minister of defense of Egypt since 2 July 2024.[2]
Military Education
- Bachelor's degree of military sciences from Egyptian Military College.[3]
- All mandatory courses for the artillery corps.
- Master's degree in military sciences from the Command and Staff College.[4]
- Fellowship of the Higher War College of the Military Academy for Postgraduate and Strategic Studies.[5]
See also
- Sedki Sobhy.
- Hussein Tantawy.
References
- ^ "Who is the new Egyptian Defense Minister?". egyptindependent. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "President El-Sisi Promotes Major General Abdel-Meguid Sakr to the Rank of General". presidency.eg. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Minister of Defense". Ministry of Defense. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Military leadership transition: Abdel Megeed Sakr assumes Defence Ministry role". Daily News Egypt. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "General Abdel-Meguid Saqr takes helm as Egypt's new Minister of Defence". Ahram Online. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
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Commanders of the Egyptian Armed Forces since the Egyptian Revolution of 1952
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)
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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