page_title: Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance (Egypt)
section_title: Directors
hierarchical_section_title: Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance (Egypt) / Directors
caption_attribution_description: English: Official portrait of Zakaria Mohieddin during his term as Interior Minister of Egypt
context_page_description: The Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance Administration, is the agency of the Egyptian Ministry of Defence responsible for military intelligence. It is one of the three Egyptian intelligence services, along with the General Intelligence Directorate and Homeland Security.
  A number of senior army officers have led the agency, including Field Marshal Abdel-Halim Abu Ghazala, a former defence minister, Gen. Omar Suleiman, the former vice president and former head of the General Intelligence Service, and Major General Murad Muwafi President of the General Intelligence Service, who was appointed successor to Solomon in January / December 2011.
  Specialties of the agency include reconnaissance to discover enemy movements, collecting information on enemy formations and preparations in wartime and peacetime, and geographical surveys. The agency has also, since the time of Abdul Nasser, conducted an internal mission to detect anti-regime elements within the military.
context_section_description: Brigade Staff of War / Zakaria Mohieddin (1952-1953).
  Brigade Staff of War / Mohammed Sadiq (1966 - 1969) "was promoted to the rank of general and served as Minister of War."
  Brigade Staff of War / Mehrez Mustafa (1969-1972).
  Brigade Staff of War / Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1972 - 1972) "was promoted to the rank of marshal and served as Minister of War."
  Brigade Staff of War / Mohamed Fouad Nassar (1972-1975).
  Brigade Staff of War / Labib sharab.
  Brigade Staff of War / Emad thabet.
  Brigade Staff of War / Mahmoud Abd Allah.
  Brigade Staff of War / Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala (1979 - 1980) "was promoted to the rank of marshal and served as Minister of Defense."
  Brigade Staff of War / Ahmed Abd El Rahman (1980 - 1986)
  Brigade Staff of War / Amin Nimr (1986 -)
  Brigade Staff of War / Omar Suleiman (1991-1993).
  Brigade Staff of War / Kamal Amer (1994-1997).
  Brigade Staff of War / Mohamed Fareed (2004 -).
  Brigade Staff of War / Murad Muwafi (2004-2010).
  Brigade Staff of War / Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2010 - 2012) "was promoted to the rank of Marshal and served as Minister of Defense."
  Brigade Staff of War / Mahmoud Hijazi (2012 - 2014) "was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and is currently the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces."
  Brigade Staff of War / Salah Al-Badri (2014–2015)
  Brigade Staff of War / Mohammed Farag El Shahat (2015–Present)
caption: Major General Zakaria Mohieddin, the first Manager of the Department of military intelligence and reconnaissance 1952 - 1953
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