Ibrahim El-Orabi

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Ibrahim El Orabi
Birth name	Ibrahim Abdel Ghafour El Orabi
Nickname(s)	"El Fareeq El Orabi"
Born	(1931-05-20)20 May 1931 El-Gharbeyya, Kingdom of Egypt
Died	18 September 2019(2019-09-18) (aged 88) Al-Qahira, Egypt
Allegiance	Kingdom of Egypt  Egypt
Service / branch	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1950–1987
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Chief of the General Staff Chief of Operations of the Armed Forces Commander of the Second Field Army Commander of the 21st Armored Division Commander of the Arab Forces in Iraq Commander of the Armored Corps in Yemen war
Battles / wars	Suez Crisis North Yemen Civil War Six-Day War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War
Awards	(2) Order of the Republic, 1st class Medal of Military Duty, 1st class Liberation Order Commemorative Medal of the United Arab Republic Medal of Distinguished Service

Ibrahim Abdul Ghafour El Orabi (Arabic: إبراهيم عبد الغفور العرابي, Arabic: [ˈʔɪbrahiːm ʕæbdel ˈɣafuːɾ el ʕoɾæːbi]); 20 May 1931 – 18 September 2019) was an Egyptian Army Lieutenant General and the 13th former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces.

Ibrahim El-Orabi was a member of the Free Officers Movement, as defined by the Egyptian revolution of 1952. He served as the 13th Chief of Operations of the Armed Forces, the commander of the Second Field Army, commander of the 21st Armoured Division, Commander of the Arab Forces in Iraq, and as the commander of the Egyptian Armoured Corps, which was deployed in the North Yemen Civil War.

As the chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Orabi was the second highest-ranking military officer in all of the Egyptian Armed Forces.