Muhammad Hussein Tantawy

Hussein Tantawi
حسين طنطاوي
Tantawi in 2002
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
In office
11 February 2011 – 30 June 2012
Prime Minister
DeputySami Anan
Preceded byHosni Mubarak (as President)
Succeeded byMohamed Morsi (as President)
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
In office
11 February 2011 – 30 June 2012
Preceded byHosni Mubarak
Succeeded byMohamed Morsi
Minister of Defense and Military Production
In office
20 May 1991 – 12 August 2012
Prime Minister
Preceded bySabri Abu Taleb
Succeeded byAbdul Fatah al-Sisi
Personal details
Born(1935-10-31)31 October 1935
Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died21 September 2021(2021-09-21) (aged 85)
Cairo, Egypt[1]
Political partyIndependent
Alma materEgyptian Military Academy
Awards
  • Liberation Order
  • United Arab Republic Anniversary Order
  • Distinguished Service Order
  • Order of the Nile
Military service
Allegiance Egypt
Branch/service Egyptian Army
Years of service1955–2012
Rank Field Marshal
CommandsCommander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Battles/wars

Muhammad Hussein Tantawi Soliman (Arabic: محمد حسين طنطاوي سليمان, romanizedMuḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭanṭāwī Sulaymān; 31 October 1935 – 21 September 2021) was an Egyptian field marshal and politician. He was the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces[2] and, as chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, was the de facto head of state from the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February 2011 until the inauguration of Mohamed Morsi as president of Egypt on 30 June 2012.

Tantawi served in the government as Minister of Defense and Military Production from 1991 until Morsi ordered him to retire on 12 August 2012.

  1. ^ "Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, Egyptian general and placeholder for military rule, dies at 85". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference presidency-gov-eg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).