Sedki Sobhy

Sedki Sobhy
صدقى صبحى سيد أحمد
45th Minister of Defence[1]
In office
26 March 2014 – 14 June 2018
PresidentAdly Mansour (Interim)
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime MinisterIbrahim Mahlab
Sherif Ismail[2]
Preceded byAbdel Fattah el-Sisi
Succeeded byMohamed Ahmed Zaki
Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces
In office
26 March 2014[1] – 14 June 2018
PresidentAdly Mansour (Acting)
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime MinisterIbrahim Mahlab
Sherif Ismail
Mostafa Madbouly
Preceded byAbdel Fattah el-Sisi
Succeeded byMohamed Ahmed Zaki
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
In office
12 August 2012 – 26 March 2014
PresidentMohamed Morsi
Adly Mansour (Acting)
CommanderAbdel Fattah el-Sisi
Preceded bySami Hafez Anan
Succeeded byMahmoud Hegazy
Personal details
Born (1955-12-12) 12 December 1955 (age 68)
Menouf, Republic of Egypt
Political partyIndependent
Military service
Allegiance Egypt
Branch/service Egyptian Army
Years of service1976–2018
Rank General
Battles/warsGulf War
Sinai Insurgency
2015 Egyptian military intervention in Libya
Intervention in Yemen

Sedki Sobhy Sayyid Ahmad (Arabic: صدقى صبحى سيد أحمد  pronounced [ˈsˤedʔi ˈsˤobħi ˈsæj.jed ˈæħmæd]) (born 12 December 1955) is an Egyptian politician and former General who was Minister of Defence of Egypt from 2014 until 2018. Sobhy previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces from August 2012 to March 2014. He was sworn in as Minister of Defence in March 2014 after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the presidency.[3] He also commanded the Third Army for a time.[4]

  1. ^ a b "BREAKING l Sedki Sobhy promoted to general army chief". Aswat Masriya. 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Egypt's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi". Ahram Online. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Sedki Sobhi sworn in as Egypt's new military chief". BBC. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ^ "صدقي صبحي سيد". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-05.