Ministry of Defence and Military Production

Ministry of Defence

Emblem of Egypt
Agency overview
Formed	1997
Jurisdiction	Government of Egypt
Agency executive	Sedki Sobhi, Minister

The Egyptian Ministry of Defence is the ministry responsible for the Egyptian Armed Forces organization and manages its affairs and maintains its facilities. It also handles the affairs of colleges and military recruitment, mobilization and management of veterans and military factories in Egypt. The ministry originated under the name of glasses jihadist then turned then to the ministry of war to deal with this name remained until 1980 as is its name to the department of defense. The ministry is based in Cairo.^[1]

List of ministers

Minister of Defence and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Egypt وزارة الدفاع المصرية
Coat of arms of Egypt
Flag of the Army of Egypt
Incumbent Sedki Sobhi since 26 March 2014
Ministry of Defence
Reports to	President of the Republic The Prime Minister
Formation	1882
First holder	Ahmed ‘Urabi
Website	www.mod.gov.eg

The following is a list of ministers of Defence and Military Production of Egypt. The position was known until the 1970s as the Minister of War and Marine. They direct the Egyptian Armed Forces. Article 201 of the Egyptian Constitution of 2014 states that the Minister of Defense is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, and shall be appointed from among its officers.^[2]

• Ahmed Orabi (1882)
• Abd al-Qadr Hilmi Pasha (1884–1887)
• Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (1887–1891)
• Youssef Shuhdi Pasha (1893–1894)
• Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (1894–1895)
• Mohamed Abani Pasha (1895–1908)
• Salib Sami Bey (1933–1934)
• Ali Fahmi Pasha (1936–)
• Ahmed Hamdi Seif al-Nasr Pasha (–1937)
• Hussein Refki Pasha (1937–1938)
• Hassan Sabry Pasha (1938–1940)
• Mohammed Haider Pasha (1948)
• Saleh Harb Pasha (1950)
• Mustafa Nasrat Bey (1950)
• Muhammad Naguib (1952–1953)
• Abdel Latif Boghdadi (1953–1954)
• Muhammad Naguib (1954)
• Hussein el-Shafei (1954–1954)
• Abdel Hakim Amer (1954–1962)
• Abdel Wahab el-Beshry (1962–1966)
• Shams Badran (1966–1967)
• Amin Howeidi (1967–1968)
• Mohammed Fawzi (1968–1971)
• Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1971–1972)
• Ahmad Ismail Ali (1972–1974)
• Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1974–1978)
• Kamal Hassan Ali (1978–1980)
• Ahmed Badawi (1980–1981)
• Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala (1981–1989)
• Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb (1989–1991)
• Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1991–2012) ^[3]
• Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2012–2014) ^[4]
• Sedki Sobhi (2014–present) ^[5]

See also

• Cabinet of Egypt
• List of Chiefs of the General Staff of Egypt

References

1. "Ministry of Defense and Military Production (Egypt)". Epicos. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
2. Unofficial translation of the 2014 constitution
3. "Egypt leader Mursi orders army chief Tantawi to resign". BBC. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
4. "Egypt's El-Sisi bids military farewell, says he will run for presidency". Ahram Online. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
5. "Sedki Sobhi sworn in as Egypt's new military chief". BBC. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.