# Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Egypt)

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (Egyptian Arabic: رئيس أركان حرب القوات المسلحة, romanized: Rayiys 'arkan harb alquaat almusalaha) is the second-in-command of the Egyptian Armed Forces, following the Minister of Defense and the President. The Chief of the General Staff typically holds the second-highest military rank in the Armed Forces. The commanders of the Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Forces report to the Chief of the General Staff, while the Army is under the direct command of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.

## List of chiefs

The following is a list of chiefs of the General Staff of Egypt since the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
| No. | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | Salim, Mohamed IbrahimLieutenant General Mohamed Ibrahim Selim (1916–?) | 9 September 1952 | 8 May 1959 | 6 years, 241 days | Egyptian Army |
| 2 | Amer, Abdel HakimLieutenant General Abdel Hakim Amer (1919–1967) | 9 May 1959 | 24 March 1964 | 4 years, 320 days | Egyptian Army |
| 3 | Fawzi, MohamedLieutenant General Mohamed Fawzi (1915–2000) | 24 March 1964 | 10 June 1967 | 3 years, 78 days | Egyptian Army |
| 4 | Riad, Abdul MunimLieutenant General Abdul Munim Riad (1919–1969) | 11 June 1967 | 9 March 1969 † | 1 year, 271 days | Egyptian Army |
| 5 | Ali, Ahmad IsmailLieutenant General Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974) | 10 March 1969 | 11 September 1969 | 185 days | Egyptian Army |
| 6 | Sadek, Mohammed AhmedLieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1917–1991) | 11 September 1969 | 11 May 1971 | 1 year, 242 days | Egyptian Army |
| 7 | el-Shazly, SaadLieutenant General Saad el-Shazly (1922–2011) | 14 May 1971 | 12 December 1973 | 2 years, 212 days | Egyptian Army |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Fahmy, Mohammed AliLieutenant General Mohammed Aly Fahmy (1920–1990) | 28 December 1974 | 4 October 1978 | 3 years, 280 days | Egyptian Air Defense Forces |
| 10 | Badawi, AhmedLieutenant General Ahmed Badawi (1927–1981) | 5 October 1978 | 14 May 1980 | 1 year, 222 days | Egyptian Army |
| 11 | Ghazala, Abd Al-Halim AbuLieutenant General Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (1930–2008) | 17 May 1980 | 3 March 1981 | 293 days | Egyptian Army |
| 12 | el-Nabi, Abd RabLieutenant General Abd Rab el-Nabi (1930–2022) | 4 March 1981 | 16 July 1983 | 2 years, 134 days | Egyptian Army |
| 13 | El-Orabi, IbrahimLieutenant General Ibrahim El-Orabi (1931–2019) | 16 July 1983 | 13 August 1987 | 4 years, 59 days | Egyptian Army |
| 14 | Shnaaf, Safi al-Din AbuLieutenant General Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf (1931–2018) | 13 August 1987 | 20 May 1991 | 3 years, 249 days | Egyptian Army |
| 14 | Halabi, SalahLieutenant General Salah Halabi (1937–2014) | 20 May 1991 | 30 October 1995 | 4 years, 163 days | Egyptian Army |
| 15 | Hatata, MagdyLieutenant General Magdy Hatata (born 1941) | 31 October 1995 | 31 October 2001 | 6 years | Egyptian Army |
| 16 | Wahiba, HamdyLieutenant General Hamdy Wahiba | 31 October 2001 | 29 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days | Egyptian Army |
| 16 | Anan, SamiLieutenant General Sami Hafez Anan (born 1948) | 30 October 2005 | 12 August 2012 | 6 years, 287 days | Egyptian Air Defense Forces |
| 16 | Sobhy, SedkiLieutenant General Sedki Sobhy (born 1955) | 12 August 2012 | 27 March 2014 | 1 year, 196 days | Egyptian Army |
| 17 | Hegazy, MahmoudLieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy (born 1953) | 27 March 2014 | 28 October 2017 | 3 years, 215 days | Egyptian Army |
| 18 | Hegazy, Mohammed FaridLieutenant General Mohammed Farid Hegazy (born 1954) | 28 October 2017 | 27 October 2021 | 3 years, 364 days | Egyptian Army |
| 19 | Askar, OsamaLieutenant General Osama Askar (born 1957) | 27 October 2021 | 2 July 2024 | 2 years, 249 days* | Egyptian Army |
| 20 | Khalifa, Ahmed FathyLieutenant General Ahmed Fathy Khalifa (born 1966) | 3 July 2024 | Incumbent | 257 days* | Egyptian Army |
* Incumbent's time in office last updated: 17 March 2025.