Hamdy Wahiba
Egyptian military officer
- Chief of the General Staff
- Republican Guard
Yom Kippur War
Hamdy Wahiba (sometimes spelled as Hamdy Wheiba, Hamdy Wehieba or Hamdy El Wahiba), is a retired lieutenant general of the Egyptian Army. He served as the 17th chief of general staff in the Egyptian Armed Forces from 31 October 2001 to 29 October 2005.[1] He also served as chairperson of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) from 2005 to 2012.[2] Preceded by Magdy Hatata, Wahiba was previously appointed as commander of the Republican Guard in 1997. He was the sixth commander of the guard under Mubarak.[3]
Biography
Wahiba graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1966, and subsequently joined infantry battalion, which participated in the Six-Day War. He also participated in the Yom Kippur War.[4]
References
- ^ "Former Chiefs of Staff". الموقع الرسمي لوزارة الدفاع. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "AOI Chairmen". الهيئه العربيه للتصنيع (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Hicham Bou Nassif (Autumn 2013). "Wedded to Mubarak: The Second Careers and Financial Rewards of Egypt's Military Elite, 1981-2011". Middle East Journal. 67 (4): 517. JSTOR 43698073.
- ^ "Egypt gets new army head". UPI. 30 October 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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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 Tantawi (1991–2012)
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2012–14)
- Sedki Sobhy (2014–18)
- Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (2018–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–present)
Italics indicate interim officeholder
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